{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-7-206","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 7–206","heading":"","body":"(a) If a criminal or traffic case is appealed from the District Court to a circuit court, the fine and costs collected in the District Court, including costs collected under Maryland Rule 7-103, shall be forwarded to the circuit court for disposition in accordance with this section.\n(b) If the appeal in a criminal or traffic case is disposed of other than by acquittal, nolle prosequi, or stet, a fine imposed by the circuit court and the circuit court costs, including the sum paid under Maryland Rule 7-103(c), shall be disposed of in the same manner as are fines and costs in a criminal case heard by the circuit court in the exercise of its original jurisdiction. The District Court costs shall be returned to the District Court.\n(c) In a civil case, the court costs shall be disposed of in the same manner as are other costs in a civil case heard by the circuit court in the exercise of its original jurisdiction.","path":["Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcj\u0026section=7-206","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:03Z","sha256":"7c9d222448a9794f16212e7e246374a7e3b4a05002fe9a300d91b1dddccb4873","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-7-205","next":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-7-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}