Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 1-503

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§1–503.

Official statutory text

(a) In each county in the first seven judicial circuits there shall be the number of resident judges of the circuit court set forth below, including the judge or judges provided for by the Constitution:

(1) Allegany 2

(2) Anne Arundel 13

(3) Baltimore County 21

(4) Calvert 3

(5) Caroline 1

(6) Carroll 4

(7) Cecil 4

(8) Charles 5

(9) Dorchester 1

(10) Frederick 6

(11) Garrett 1

(12) Harford 6

(13) Howard 5

(14) Kent 1

(15) Montgomery 24

(16) Prince George’s 25

(17) Queen Anne’s 1

(18) St. Mary’s 3

(19) Somerset 1

(20) Talbot 1

(21) Washington 6

(22) Wicomico 4

(23) Worcester 3

(b) In Baltimore City there shall be 35 resident judges of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.

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