Section 26-402 - Release of defendant if commissioner not available. - Maryland Statutes

§ 26-402. Release of defendant if commissioner not available.
 

(a)  Exception.- This section does not apply if the alleged offense is any of the offenses enumerated in § 26-202(a)(3)(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this title. 

(b)  In general.- If a police officer arrests a person and takes the person before a District Court commissioner as provided in this title, the person shall be released on issuance of a citation if: 

(1) A commissioner is not available; 

(2) A judge, clerk, or other public officer, authorized to accept bail for the court is not available; and 

(3) The person charged gives the person's written promise to appear in court. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 661/2, § 16-112; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; ch. 186, § 3; 1983, ch. 353; 1984, ch. 255; 2007, ch. 605.]