File Code: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate Fulton
- Entitled:
-
Lawyers - Fidelity Bonds - Requirements
Requiring lawyers to be bonded to reimburse losses due to defalcation;
authorizing the Court of Appeals to adopt rules regarding the amounts
and types of bonds to be maintained by lawyers; requiring lawyers to
file an attested copy of the bond with the Court of Appeals; requiring
sureties and lawyers to notify the Court of Appeals within 15 days of
any change in the bond or its termination; and providing that a bond
may not terminate until 30 days after notice of termination has been
forwarded to the Court of Appeals.
House Action
- 08/10
- Pre-filed
- 1/13
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 1/20
- Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/11
- Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
Senate Action
- No Action
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ATTORNEYS -see also- LEGAL AID; STATE'S ATTORNEYS
- BONDS -see also- COUNTY & BALTIMORE CITY BONDS; STATE BONDS.
- COURT OF APPEALS
- NOTICES
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Business Occupations and Professions
- (
10-503
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered