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Maryland Code, Criminal Procedure § 11-807

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Section effective until July 1, 2025. See, also, section 11-807 effective July 1, 2025.>

(a) In this section, “law enforcement unit” means:

(1) the Department of State Police;

(2) the Police Department of Baltimore City;

(3) the police department, bureau, or force of a county;

(4) the police department, bureau, or force of a municipal corporation;

(5) the office of the sheriff of a county;

(6) the office of the State's Attorney for a county;

(7) the Office of the Attorney General; or

(8) the Office of the State Prosecutor.

(b) When a report of a violent crime is filed with a law enforcement unit, the law enforcement unit shall give to a victim of that violent crime written information that the Board supplies about compensation for victims.

(c) A failure to comply with this section is not grounds for any civil or criminal action against a law enforcement unit.

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