§ 7-203. Courts prohibited from charging fees or costs in certain criminal proceedings

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   (a) "Not guilty" defined. -- In this section, the term "not guilty" does not include a finding of probation before judgment under § 6-220 of the Criminal Procedure Article.

(b) Criminal proceedings involving a county or Baltimore City; charging defendants found not guilty. --

   (1) The clerk of the circuit court may not charge a county or Baltimore City with fees or costs of a criminal proceeding, regardless of whether the fee or cost was imposed or allowed by statute or common law.

   (2) The clerk of a circuit court may not charge a defendant with the costs of a criminal proceeding in which the defendant is found not guilty.

HISTORY: 1986, ch. 550; 1993, ch. 5, § 1; 2001, ch. 35.

                    
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