Section 11-608 - Recording and indexing of judgment. - Maryland Statutes

§ 11-608. Recording and indexing of judgment.
 

(a)  Nature.- A judgment of restitution is a money judgment in favor of the person, governmental unit, or third-party payor to whom the restitution obligor has been ordered to pay restitution. 

(b)  Enforcement.- The judgment of restitution may be enforced by the person, governmental unit, or third-party payor to whom the restitution obligor has been ordered to pay restitution in the same manner as a money judgment in a civil action. 

(c)  Rights and obligations.- Except as otherwise expressly provided under Part I of this subtitle, a person, governmental unit, or third-party payor to whom a restitution obligor has been ordered to pay restitution has all the rights and obligations of a money judgment creditor under the Maryland Rules, including the obligation under Maryland Rule 2-626 or 3-626 on receiving all amounts due under the judgment to file a statement that the judgment has been satisfied. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 807(f); 2001, ch. 10, § 2; 2005, ch. 512.]