Section 13-101 - Defined terms.

§ 13-101. Defined terms.
 

(a)  In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 
   
Revisor's Note.

This subsection formerly was Art. 27, § 264(e)(1). 
 

No changes are made. 

(b)  Final disposition.- "Final disposition" includes an acquittal, dismissal, nolle prosequi, finding of guilty, probation before judgment, plea of guilty or of nolo contendere, marking the charge "stet" on the docket, and an order of an appellate court ending a criminal case. 
   
Revisor's Note.

This subsection is new language derived without substantive change from former Art. 27, § 264(e)(2). 
 

The reference to "marking the charge 'stet' on the docket" is substituted for the former reference to "a stet", for clarity. 
 

The former reference to a final disposition "of charges and of indictments" is deleted as implicit in the reference to "an acquittal, dismissal, nolle prosequi, finding of guilty, probation before judgment, plea of guilty or of nolo contendere, marking the charge 'stet' on the docket, and an order of an appellate court ending a criminal case". 
  Defined Terms.


 
"Nolle prosequi"                                                     § 1-101


"Nolo contendere"                                                     § 1-101

(c)  Financial authority.- "Financial authority" means: 

(1) if the seizing authority is the State, the State Treasurer; 

(2) if the seizing authority is a unit of a county, the treasurer or director of finance of that county; or 

(3) if the seizing authority is a unit of a municipal corporation, the treasurer or director of finance of that municipal corporation. 
   
Revisor's Note.

This subsection is new language added to avoid the repetition of the phrase "the State Treasurer, the treasurer or director of finance of a county, or the treasurer or director of finance of a municipal corporation". 
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"County"                                                             § 1-101
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 264(e)(1), (2); 2001, ch. 10, § 2.]