Section 7-206 - Disposition of fines and costs in criminal, traffic, or civil case on appeal from District Court.
§ 7-206. Disposition of fines and costs in criminal, traffic, or civil case on appeal from District Court.
(a) Fine and cost to be sent to circuit court.- If a criminal or traffic case is appealed from the District Court to a circuit court, the fine and costs collected in the District Court, including costs collected under Maryland Rule 7-103, shall be forwarded to the circuit court for disposition in accordance with this section.
(b) Disposition of case other than by acquittal, nolle prosequi, or stet.- If the appeal in a criminal or traffic case is disposed of other than by acquittal, nolle prosequi, or stet, a fine imposed by the circuit court and the circuit court costs, including the sum paid under Maryland Rule 7-103(c), shall be disposed of in the same manner as are fines and costs in a criminal case heard by the circuit court in the exercise of its original jurisdiction. The District Court costs shall be returned to the District Court.
(c) Disposition of cost in civil case.- In a civil case, the court costs shall be disposed of in the same manner as are other costs in a civil case heard by the circuit court in the exercise of its original jurisdiction.
[An. Code 1957, art. 5, § 30; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 2, § 1; 1979, ch. 543; 1980, ch. 556; 1994, ch. 3, § 1; 1998, ch. 21, § 1.]