Terms Used In Maryland Code, TAX - GENERAL 13-304

  • 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.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
If a person fails to comply with a notice and demand for a return the tax collector:

(1) may compel the person to make the return; and

(2) if the person fails to make the return, may file an appropriate action in a court of competent jurisdiction.