§ 26-204. Action on traffic citations; compliance with notice to appear
West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportationEffective: October 1, 2020
Effective: October 1, 2020
MD Code, Transportation, § 26-204
§ 26-204. Action on traffic citations; compliance with notice to appear
(a)(1) A person shall comply with the notice to appear contained in a writ or a trial notice issued by either the District Court or a circuit court in an action on a traffic citation.
(b)(1) For purposes of this section, the person may comply with the notice to appear by:
(2)(i) Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, a person who intends to comply with the notice to appear contained in a traffic citation by appearance in person or by counsel may return a copy of the citation to the District Court within the time allowed for payment of the fine indicating in the appropriate space on the citation that the person:
(c) If a person fails to comply with a notice under § 26-201(c)(1) of this subtitle, a notice for a hearing date issued in accordance with a request made under § 26-201(c)(1)(i) 3 of this subtitle, a writ or trial notice issued in accordance with a request made under § 26-201(c)(1)(i) 4 of this subtitle, or a notice to appear under § 26-201(c)(2) of this subtitle, the District Court or a circuit court may:
(d) On receipt of a notice of noncompliance from the District Court or a circuit court, the Administration shall notify the person that the person's driving privileges shall be suspended unless, by the end of the 15th day after the date on which the notice is mailed, the person:
(e)(1) If a person fails to pay the fine, enter into a payment plan, or request a new date for a trial or hearing under subsection (d) of this section, the Administration may suspend the driving privileges of the person.
(3) On notice from the District Court or a circuit court that a person who requested a new date for a trial or a hearing under paragraph (2) of this subsection failed to attend the new trial or hearing, the Administration shall suspend the driver's license or driving privileges of the person until the person:
(f) When the offense is not punishable by incarceration, if the court notifies the Administration of the person's noncompliance under subsection (c) of this section, a warrant may not be issued for the person under this section until 20 days after:
Credits
Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1977, c. 186, § 2; Acts 1982, c. 824; Acts 1987, c. 241; Acts 1991, c. 421; Acts 1992, c. 400; Acts 2007, c. 605, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2010, c. 195, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2010, c. 196, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2018, c. 792, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2018; Acts 2020, c. 149, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020; Acts 2020, c. 150, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.
Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 16-113.
MD Code, Transportation, § 26-204, MD TRANS § 26-204
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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