Maryland Code § CS-8-503

Section CS-8-503
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(a) On receipt of notice of an untried indictment, information, warrant, or
complaint against an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence in a
correctional facility in the Division of Correction or against an incarcerated individual
who is confined at the Patuxent Institution, the Division of Correction shall promptly
notify the managing official of the correctional facility in which the incarcerated
individual is confined of the detainer lodged against the incarcerated individual and
of the untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint on which it is based.
(b) Within 15 days after receiving notice of a detainer and the untried
indictment, information, warrant, or complaint on which it is based, the managing
official having immediate supervision over the incarcerated individual shall inform
the incarcerated individual in writing:
(1) of the source and contents of the detainer lodged against the
incarcerated individual; and
(2) of the incarcerated individual's right to make a request for final
disposition of the indictment, information, warrant, or complaint on which the
detainer is based.
(c) If an incarcerated individual is not informed within 1 year of a detainer
lodged against the incarcerated individual and of the incarcerated individual's right
to make a request for final disposition of the indictment, information, warrant, or
complaint on which the detainer is based:

(1) the untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint shall
have no further force or effect; and
(2) the court shall enter an order dismissing the untried indictment,
information, warrant, or complaint without prejudice.
(d) (1) An incarcerated individual who has been notified of a detainer
lodged against the incarcerated individual may request that the managing official
having immediate supervision over the incarcerated individual file the incarcerated
individual's request for final disposition of the untried indictment, information,
warrant, or complaint, along with the statement required under subsection (b) of this
section.
(2) Within 30 days after receipt of an incarcerated individual's
request under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the managing official having custody
of the incarcerated individual shall file the incarcerated individual's request for final
disposition and the statement required under subsection (b) of this section with the
appropriate State's Attorney and the appropriate court.
(3) The managing official shall file the incarcerated individual's
request for final disposition and the required statement by certified mail, return
receipt requested.
(e) If the untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint for which
request for final disposition is made is not brought to trial within the time limitation
established under § 8-502 of this subtitle:
(1) the untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint has
no further force or effect; and
(2) the court, on request of the incarcerated individual or the
incarcerated individual's counsel, shall enter an order dismissing the untried
indictment, information, warrant, or complaint without prejudice.
(f) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the sheriff
of the county in which an untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint is
pending shall transport the incarcerated individual between the incarcerated
individual's place of confinement and the county in which the untried indictment,
information, warrant, or complaint is pending.
(2) On the request of the sheriff, the transportation may be furnished
by the correctional facility in which the incarcerated individual is confined.

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