1. (a) This section does not apply to:

   1. (1) a lawyer while employed as a part-time magistrate for juvenile cases; or

   2. (2) an individual while:

      1. (i) performing an affirmative duty required by law; or
      2. (ii) engaging in an activity related to a case in which the individual is a party or has a property interest.

2. (b) Even if an individual has been admitted to the Bar, the individual may not practice law while employed:

   1. (1) except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, as a sheriff or deputy sheriff;

   2. (2) in a jail or penitentiary, as:

      1. (i) a warden or deputy warden; or
      2. (ii) a superintendent or deputy superintendent;
   3. (3) as a bailiff;
   4. (4) as a clerk or deputy clerk of any court or an employee of a clerk;
   5. (5) as a register or deputy register of wills or an employee of a register of wills; or
   6. (6) as an officer or employee in a juvenile court.
3. (c) An individual employed as a sheriff or deputy sheriff in Washington County who has been admitted to the Bar may practice law in a county other than Washington County.

4. (d)

   1. (1) This subsection does not apply to the settlement of small estates as set forth in Title 5, Subtitle 6 of the Estates and Trusts Article.
   2. (2) In Prince George's County, a sheriff, deputy sheriff, warden, deputy warden, clerk, or employee of any court may not prepare or help in the preparation of any form or document that is filed in a court in that county or that affects a case that is or may be filed in a court in that county.

Added by Acts 1989, c. 3, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1989, c. 632, § 3; Acts 2012, c. 37, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2015, c. 414, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015.

Formerly Art. 10, §§ 27, 28, 30.