§50-4-4. Long-Arm Jurisdiction; Manner of Service in Civil Cases
Magistrate courts shall have long-arm jurisdiction as follows: Over domestic and foreign corporations as provided in section fifteen, article one, chapter thirty-one of this code; over nonresident holders of consumer instruments as provided in section one hundred thirty-seven, article two, chapter forty-six-a of this code; over domestic and foreign limited partnerships as provided in section […]
§50-4-4a. Appearance in Civil Cases
Any party to a civil action in a magistrate court may appear and conduct such action in person, by agent or by attorney. Appearance by an agent or attorney shall have the same effect as appearance by the party represented, and the appearance by an agent shall not constitute the unlawful practice of law. No […]
§50-4-5. Return Date in Civil Action; Setting of Trial Date; Failure to Appear or Notify
Except as may otherwise be provided by law, each summons in a civil action shall notify the defendant that he must appear within twenty days after service of the summons upon him or that he must otherwise notify the magistrate court by that time that he wishes to contest the matter. If the magistrate court […]
§50-4-6. Return Date in Criminal Proceedings; Setting Trial Date
When a warrant has been duly executed or when a defendant appears in response to a summons, the defendant shall be notified of the return date set by the court. The defendant shall appear before the magistrate on or before the return date. In the event a trial or preliminary examination is not expressly waived […]
§50-4-7. Disqualification of Magistrate
A motion for the disqualification of a magistrate in a magistrate court proceeding shall be filed in accordance with the requirements of the rules of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
§50-3-7. Records of Magistrate Court; Reports
(a) Records of the judicial transactions of magistrate court shall be kept as required by the rules of the Supreme Court of Appeals. If, after judgment is rendered in a matter, no appeal is filed within the time allotted, the records of the proceedings shall be forwarded to the magistrate court clerk. The records shall […]
§50-3-8. Audits
The chief inspector of public offices shall perform an annual financial audit of each magistrate court. In addition to and in conjunction with the financial audit, the chief inspector of public offices shall perform or cause to be performed an audit of the case filings of each magistrate court. The chief inspector shall report the […]
§50-3-9. Magistrate Court Officials to Issue Receipts of Collections; Deposit of Funds
(a) Any magistrate, magistrate court clerk, magistrate assistant or magistrate deputy clerk who receives a fee, cost, percentage, penalty, commission, allowance, bond, deposit, surety or other cash payment or sum shall issue a receipt to the payor thereof, in duplicate, on a form approved by the chief inspector, in accordance with the provisions of article […]
§50-3-2b. Additional Costs in Certain Criminal Proceedings
In each criminal case before a magistrate court in which the defendant is convicted, whether by plea or at trial, under the provisions of section two, article five, chapter seventeen-c of this code or section eighteen-b, article seven, chapter twenty of this code, there shall be imposed, in addition to other costs, fines, forfeitures or […]
§50-3-2c. Withholding From Personal Income Tax Refunds for Unpaid Fines and Costs in Magistrate Criminal Actions, in Magistrate Criminal Appeals to Circuit Court and for Failure to Appear in Court
(a) If costs, fines, fees, forfeitures, restitution or penalties imposed by the magistrate court upon conviction of a person for a criminal offense as defined by this code, imposed by the circuit court upon judgment on an appeal to circuit court of that conviction, or imposed by either court for failure to appear are not […]