§ 2-607. Commissioners
West's Annotated Code of MarylandCourts and Judicial ProceedingsEffective: October 1, 2021
Effective: October 1, 2021
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 2-607
§ 2-607. Commissioners
(a)(1) The administrative judge of each district, with the approval of the Chief Judge of the District Court, may appoint the number of commissioners necessary to perform the functions of the office within each county.
(b)(1)(i) Except as provided in subparagraphs (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this paragraph, commissioners shall be adult residents of the county or a county contiguous to the county in which they serve, but they need not be lawyers.
(c)(1) A commissioner shall receive applications and determine probable cause for the issuance of charging documents.
(2) A commissioner shall advise arrested persons of their constitutional rights, set bond or commit persons to jail in default of bond or release them on personal recognizance if circumstances warrant, and conduct investigations and inquiries into the circumstances of any matter presented to the commissioner in order to determine if probable cause exists for the issuance of a charging document, warrant, or criminal summons and, in general, perform all the functions of committing magistrates as exercised by the justices of the peace prior to July 5, 1971.
(5) The Chief Judge of the District Court may authorize one or more commissioners to perform the duties of a commissioner regarding persons arrested in a county other than the county in which the commissioner resides and for which the commissioner was appointed when the arrested persons are brought before the commissioner by a peace officer of the jurisdiction in which that arrest was made.
(d)(1) The authority under this subsection applies only to a respondent who is an adult.
Credits
Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 2, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1974, c. 691, § 8; Acts 1978, c. 260, 282; Acts 1980, c. 342; Acts 1984, c. 216; Acts 1984, c. 527; Acts 1987, c. 269; Acts 1989, c. 714; Acts 1993, c. 22, § 1; Acts 1996, c. 349, § 13, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1997, c. 743, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 1998, c. 277, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Acts 1998, c. 741, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1999, c. 34, § 1, eff. April 13, 1999; Acts 2002, c. 235, §§ 1, 3, eff. Dec. 18, 2002; Acts 2008, c. 40, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Acts 2012, c. 504, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2012, c. 505, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2017, c. 834, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2021, c. 594, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 595, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021.
Formerly Art. 26, § 154.
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 2-607, MD CTS & JUD PRO § 2-607
Current through legislation effective through July 1, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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