Terms Used In Maryland Code, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 13-506

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(a) Property seized under this subtitle:

(1) is not repleviable; but

(2) is in the custody of the seizing authority, subject only to the orders, judgments, and decrees of the court or the official having jurisdiction over the property.

(b) A seizing authority may place seized property under seal and remove the property to a place designated by the court.