{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-3-8a-07","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 3–8A–07","heading":"","body":"(a) If the court obtains jurisdiction over a child under this subtitle, that jurisdiction continues until that person reaches 21 years of age unless terminated sooner.\n(b) This section does not affect the jurisdiction of other courts over a person who commits an offense after the person reaches the age of 18.\n(c) Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the court’s jurisdiction is terminated over a person who has reached 18 years of age when he is convicted of a crime, including manslaughter by automobile, unauthorized use or occupancy of a motor vehicle, any violation of Title 2, Subtitle 5 or § 3-211 of the Criminal Law Article, or § 21-902 of the Transportation Article, but excluding a conviction for a violation of any other traffic law or ordinance or any provision of the State Boat Act, or the fish and wildlife laws of the State.\n(d) A person subject to the jurisdiction of the court may not be prosecuted for a criminal offense committed before he reached 18 years of age unless jurisdiction has been waived.\n(e) The court has exclusive original jurisdiction, but only for the purpose of waiving it, over a person 21 years of age or older who is alleged to have committed a delinquent act while a child.","path":["Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcj\u0026section=3-8A-07","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:03Z","sha256":"2b36cb5a8b4b0742afabbbf14b4ccade1fbbfd96cdb2fd7dc67ea6cd33f6d79a","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-3-8a-06","next":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-3-8a-08"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}