{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-commercial-law-16-605","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Commercial Law § 16–605","heading":"","body":"(a) The clerk of the circuit court shall provide a hospital lien docket. On the filing of a notice of lien under the provisions of this subtitle, the clerk shall enter in the hospital lien docket:\n(1) The name of the injured patient;\n(2) The name of the person alleged to be liable for the patient’s injuries;\n(3) The date of the accident; and\n(4) The name of the hospital making the claim.\n(b) The clerk shall index the hospital lien under the name of the injured patient.\n(c) On presentation of a release of a lien, the clerk shall note in the docket the date when the release was filed and shall note on the release that it was recorded. A release bearing a note that it was recorded or a notation in the docket showing the release constitutes prima facie evidence of the release of the lien.\n(d) The clerk shall collect not more than $2 for the filing, recording, and indexing of each lien. He also shall collect not more than $2 for filing a release of the lien and for noting the filing of the release in the docket and on the release.","path":["Article - Commercial Law"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcl\u0026section=16-605","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:56:33Z","sha256":"8d5fdc06c05f84c9fb6b8b1a96363665c0e442974d01622cf45db7d5980319ff","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-commercial-law-16-604","next":"us-md/md.-code-commercial-law-16-701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}