{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-criminal-procedure-12-205","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 12–205","heading":"","body":"A motor vehicle used in violation of this title may not be seized and forfeiture may not be recommended to the forfeiting authority if:\n(1) the motor vehicle falls within § 12-103(b) of this title;\n(2) (i) an innocent registered owner lends the motor vehicle to another person; and\n(ii) that person, or someone invited into the motor vehicle by that person, brings a controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia into the motor vehicle without the registered owner’s knowledge; or\n(3) (i) a member of the family other than the registered owner uses the motor vehicle, and a controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia is in the motor vehicle in an amount insufficient to suggest a sale is contemplated;\n(ii) a sale was not made or attempted; and\n(iii) the registered owner did not know that the controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia was in the motor vehicle.","path":["Article - Criminal Procedure"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcp\u0026section=12-205","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:17Z","sha256":"1745bbe8cf917dde789b1739396ca50f109dc76e8af4707b2a4f33924656ea33","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-criminal-procedure-12-204","next":"us-md/md.-code-criminal-procedure-12-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}