Md. Code Ann., Transp. § 26-302
Issuance of parking citations
Effective Oct 1, 2023Added 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.State of Maryland
(a) An officer who discovers a vehicle parked in violation of an ordinance or regulation adopted under this subtitle shall:
- (1) Deliver a citation to the driver or, if the vehicle is unattended, attach a citation to the vehicle in a conspicuous place; and
- (2) Keep a copy of the citation, bearing his certification under penalty of perjury that the facts stated in the citation are true.
- (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:
- (i) Shall verify through the Administration whether the person issued the citation should be held liable for the violation; and
- (ii) May contact the person issued the citation as part of the verification process.
- (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.
- (4) A person may not submit a citation with the box checked as indicated in paragraph (1) of this subsection to a political subdivision, State agency, or third-party contractor if the registration plates cited were issued for the vehicle described in the citation.
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.