{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-12-602","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 12–602","heading":"","body":"The Supreme Court of Maryland or the Appellate Court of Maryland of this State, on the motion of a party to pending litigation or its own motion, may certify a question of law to the highest court of another state or of a tribe if:\n(1) The pending litigation involves a question to be decided under the law of the other jurisdiction;\n(2) The answer to the question may be determinative of an issue in the pending litigation; and\n(3) The question is one for which an answer is not provided by a controlling appellate decision, constitutional provision, or statute of the other jurisdiction.","path":["Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcj\u0026section=12-602","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:03Z","sha256":"4572a7c0887d6305af6e1b82e11d98dd156261bb7621ae911cbf56a8cd64f65d","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-12-601","next":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-12-603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}