Section 10-603 - Court and correctional employees. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-603. Court and correctional employees.
 

(a)  Scope of section.- This section does not apply to: 

(1) a lawyer while employed as a part-time master for juvenile cases; or 

(2) an individual while: 

(i) performing an affirmative duty required by law; or 

(ii) engaging in an activity related to a case in which the individual is a party or has a property interest. 

(b)  Practice of law prohibited.- Even if an individual has been admitted to the Bar, the individual may not practice law while employed: 

(1) as a sheriff or deputy sheriff; 

(2) in a jail or penitentiary, as: 

(i) a warden or deputy warden; or 

(ii) a superintendent or deputy superintendent; 

(3) as a bailiff; 

(4) as a clerk or deputy clerk of any court or an employee of a clerk; 

(5) as a register or deputy register of wills or an employee of a register of wills; or 

(6) as an officer or employee in a juvenile court. 

(c)  Settlement of estates and preparation of forms or documents in Prince George's County.-  

(1) This subsection does not apply to the settlement of small estates as set forth in Title 5, Subtitle 6 of the Estates and Trusts Article. 

(2) In Prince George's County, a sheriff, deputy sheriff, warden, deputy warden, clerk, or employee of any court may not prepare or help in the preparation of any form or document that is filed in a court in that county or that affects a case that is or may be filed in a court in that county. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 10, §§ 27, 28, 30; 1989, ch. 3, § 1; ch. 632, § 3; 2003, ch. 21, § 7.]