Terms Used In Maryland Code, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 11-611

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
A court may not assess costs on a person or governmental unit to whom a restitution obligor has been ordered to pay restitution:

(1) for recording and indexing an order of restitution as a money judgment in the court in which the judgment of restitution was issued;

(2) for recording and indexing a notice of lien that the District Court forwards to a circuit court; or

(3) for filing a notice of satisfaction.