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§ 11-608. Enforcement of restitution judgment

West's Annotated Code of MarylandCriminal Procedure

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Criminal Procedure (Refs & Annos)
Title 11. Victims and Witnesses (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 6. Restitution and Other Payments (Refs & Annos)
Part I. Restitution
MD Code, Criminal Procedure, § 11-608
§ 11-608. Enforcement of restitution judgment
Judgment of restitution as money judgment
(a) A judgment of restitution is a money judgment in favor of the person, governmental unit, or third-party payor to whom the restitution obligor has been ordered to pay restitution.
Enforcement by person, governmental unit, or third-party payor
(b) The judgment of restitution may be enforced by the person, governmental unit, or third-party payor to whom the restitution obligor has been ordered to pay restitution in the same manner as a money judgment in a civil action.
Persons, governmental units, or third-party payors as money judgment creditors
(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided under Part I of this subtitle, a person, governmental unit, or third-party payor to whom a restitution obligor has been ordered to pay restitution has all the rights and obligations of a money judgment creditor under the Maryland Rules, including the obligation under Maryland Rule 2-626 or 3-626 on receiving all amounts due under the judgment to file a statement that the judgment has been satisfied.

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Added by Acts 2001, c. 10, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2005, c. 512, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2005.
Formerly Art. 27, § 807.
MD Code, Criminal Procedure, § 11-608, MD CRIM PROC § 11-608
Current through all legislation from the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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