§ 10-603. Court and correctional employees

   (a) Scope of section. -- This section does not apply to:

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

   (2) an individual while:

      (i) performing an affirmative duty required by law; or

      (ii) engaging in an activity related to a case in which the individual is a party or has a property interest.

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

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

   (2) in a jail or penitentiary, as:

      (i) a warden or deputy warden; or

      (ii) a superintendent or deputy superintendent;

   (3) as a bailiff;

   (4) as a clerk or deputy clerk of any court or an employee of a clerk;

   (5) as a register or deputy register of wills or an employee of a register of wills; or

   (6) as an officer or employee in a juvenile court.

(c) Sheriff or deputy sheriff in Washington County may practice law outside Washington County. -- 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.

(d)  Settlement of estates and preparation of forms or documents in Prince George's County. --

   (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) 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.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 10, § 27, 28, 30; 1989, ch. 3, § 1; ch. 632, § 3; 2003, ch. 21, § 7; 2012, ch. 37.