MD · constitutions
Md. Const. art. IV, § 41B
The District Court shall consist of the number of judges prescribed by law. The State shall be divided by law into districts. Each district shall consist of one county or two or more entire and adjoining counties. The number of Judges shall be allocated among the districts by law, and there shall be at least one District Court judge resident in each district. In any district containing more than one county, there shall be at least one District Court Judge resident in each county in the district. Functional divisions of the District Court may be established in any district.
History
(1969, ch. 789, ratified Nov. 3, 1970.)
Provenance
- Source
- mgaleg.maryland.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
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