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Terms Used In Maryland Code, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 11-807

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) In this section, “law enforcement unit” means:

(1) the Department of State Police;

(2) the Police Department of Baltimore City;

(3) the police department, bureau, or force of a county;

(4) the police department, bureau, or force of a municipal corporation;

(5) the office of the sheriff of a county;

(6) the office of the State’s Attorney for a county;

(7) the Office of the Attorney General; or

(8) the Office of the State Prosecutor.

(b) When a report of a violent crime is filed with a law enforcement unit, the law enforcement unit shall give to a victim of that violent crime written information that the Board supplies about compensation for victims.

(c) A failure to comply with this section is not grounds for any civil or criminal action against a law enforcement unit.