Maryland Criminal Procedure Section 12-205

      A motor vehicle used in violation of this title may not be seized and forfeiture may not be recommended to the forfeiting authority if:

            (1)      the motor vehicle falls within § 12-103(b) of this title;

            (2)      (i)      an innocent registered owner lends the motor vehicle to another person; and

                  (ii)      that person, or someone invited into the motor vehicle by that person, brings a controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia into the motor vehicle without the registered owner's knowledge; or

            (3)      (i)      a member of the family other than the registered owner uses the motor vehicle, and a controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia is in the motor vehicle in an amount insufficient to suggest a sale is contemplated;

                  (ii)      a sale was not made or attempted; and

                  (iii)      the registered owner did not know that the controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia was in the motor vehicle.