Section 11-605 - Issuance of warrant; return of property unlawfully taken. - Maryland Statutes

§ 11-605. Issuance of warrant; return of property unlawfully taken.
 

(a)  Issuance of warrant.- If the owner of a marked container, his officer, or authorized agent who has personal knowledge of the facts makes oath in writing before any court of competent jurisdiction that he believes that a person has violated any provision of this subtitle with respect to the container, the court, if satisfied that there is reasonable cause, may issue a warrant and cause the alleged violator to be brought into court for the purpose of discovering and obtaining the container. 

(b)  Return of property unlawfully taken.- If the court finds that a person violated any provision of this subtitle, it shall award an unlawfully taken container to its true owner. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 355D; 1975, ch. 49, § 3.]