Md. Code, Correctional Services § 8-404
This is the official text of Md. Code, Correctional Services § 8-404, part of Maryland’s Code, Correctional Services — governs prisons and the state correctional system.
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§8–404.
Official statutory text
Article II
(a) As used in this Agreement the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Receiving state” means the state in which trial is to be had on an indictment, information, or complaint pursuant to § 8-405 or § 8-406 of this subtitle (Article III or IV of the Agreement).
(c) “Sending state” means a state in which a prisoner is incarcerated at the time that the prisoner initiates a request for final disposition pursuant to § 8-405 of this subtitle (Article III of the Agreement) or at the time that a request for custody or availability is initiated pursuant to § 8-406 of this subtitle (Article IV of the Agreement).
(d) “State” means a state of the United States, the United States of America, a territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(a) As used in this Agreement the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Receiving state” means the state in which trial is to be had on an indictment, information, or complaint pursuant to § 8-405 or § 8-406 of this subtitle (Article III or IV of the Agreement).
(c) “Sending state” means a state in which a prisoner is incarcerated at the time that the prisoner initiates a request for final disposition pursuant to § 8-405 of this subtitle (Article III of the Agreement) or at the time that a request for custody or availability is initiated pursuant to § 8-406 of this subtitle (Article IV of the Agreement).
(d) “State” means a state of the United States, the United States of America, a territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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