Section 10-212 – Scope of Part

    This Part II of this subtitle applies only to Baltimore City.

Section 10-213 – Powers of State’s Attorney

    (a)    On receipt of a complaint or on personal knowledge or information that an individual has violated § 10-201 or § 10-203 of this subtitle, the State’s Attorney, a deputy State’s Attorney, or an assistant State’s Attorney may hold a pretrial inquiry.     (b)    In connection with any pretrial inquiry under this section:         (1)    the State’s Attorney may issue […]

Section 10-214 – Notice to Accused Individual

    Before the State’s Attorney conducts an inquiry under § 10-213 of this subtitle, the State’s Attorney shall notify the accused individual in writing of:         (1)    the time and place of the inquiry;         (2)    the accused individual’s right to appear at the inquiry and to produce evidence or information that relates to the matters examined; and         (3)    the accused […]

Section 10-215 – Disposition

    (a)    After a pretrial inquiry before the State’s Attorney, a deputy State’s Attorney, or an assistant State’s Attorney, the State’s Attorney may:         (1)    file an information that charges the accused individual with nonsupport or desertion, as appropriate; or         (2)    seek an indictment that charges the accused individual with nonsupport or desertion, as appropriate.     (b)    After an information is filed […]

Section 10-216 – Domestic Information Docket

    (a)    The clerk of the court shall keep a docket known as the “domestic information docket”.     (b)    The domestic information docket shall contain the records and orders of each case brought under this Part II of this subtitle.