Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 7-203 - Courts prohibited from charging fees or costs in certain criminal proceedings(a) 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)(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.