§ 12-602. Power to certify

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   The Court of Appeals or the Court of Special Appeals of this State, on the motion of a party to pending litigation or its own motion, may certify a question of law to the highest court of another state or of a tribe if:

   (1) The pending litigation involves a question to be decided under the law of the other jurisdiction;

   (2) The answer to the question may be determinative of an issue in the pending litigation; and

   (3) The question is one for which an answer is not provided by a controlling appellate decision, constitutional provision, or statute of the other jurisdiction.

HISTORY: 1996, ch. 344, § 2.

                    
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