§ 26-302. Issuance of parking citations
West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportationEffective: October 1, 2023
Effective: October 1, 2023
MD Code, Transportation, § 26-302
§ 26-302. Issuance of parking citations
(a) An officer who discovers a vehicle parked in violation of an ordinance or regulation adopted under this subtitle shall:
(b) In the absence of the driver, the registered owner of the vehicle is presumed to be the person receiving the citation.
(c)(1) A citation issued under this section shall include a box that the person issued the citation may check to indicate that the registration plates cited were not issued for the vehicle described in the citation.
(2) A political subdivision, State agency, or third-party contractor authorized to conduct parking enforcement on behalf of a political subdivision or State agency that issues a citation under this section to a person who returns the citation with the box checked as described in paragraph (1) of this subsection:
(3) After the verification process initiated under paragraph (2) of this subsection, if the political subdivision, State agency, or third-party contractor finds that the person issued the citation should not be held liable for the citation, the political subdivision, State agency, or third-party contractor shall dismiss the citation.
Credits
Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1985, c. 528; Acts 1998, c. 721, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; Acts 2023, c. 451, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.
Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 16-109.1.
MD Code, Transportation, § 26-302, MD TRANS § 26-302
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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