2013 Maryland Code
TRANSPORTATION
§ 13-705 - Suspension or revocation of registration or certificate of title in general

§13-705.

(a) (1) The Administration may suspend or revoke the registration or certificate of title of any vehicle if the Administration:

(i) Is satisfied that the registration or certificate was fraudulently obtained or erroneously issued;

(ii) Determines that the required fee has not been paid after reasonable notice and demand; or

(iii) Is so authorized under any other provision of law.

(2) The Administration may suspend or revoke the registration of a vehicle if:

(i) The Administration determines that the vehicle is mechanically unfit or unsafe to be operated on the highways;

(ii) The vehicle has been dismantled or wrecked; or

(iii) A registration card or registration plate not issued for that vehicle is displayed on or for the vehicle.

(b) A suspension or revocation under this section is subject to the right of appeal as follows:

(1) By a resident to the circuit court for the county in which the individual resides or has a principal place of business;

(2) By a nonresident to the circuit court for the county in which the individual temporarily resides or was apprehended; or

(3) In any other case, to the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County.

§ 13-705 - 1. Suspension of registration for driving when driver's license suspended or revoked

(a) Authorized. -- If a person is convicted of driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while the driver's license of the person is suspended or revoked for a violation of § 21-902 or § 16-205.1 of this article or Title 2, Subtitle 5 or § 3-211 of the Criminal Law Article, the Administration may, after a hearing, suspend, for not more than 120 days, the registration of the motor vehicle.

(b) Restrictions. -- The Administration may not suspend the registration of the motor vehicle if:

(1) The motor vehicle was operated by anyone other than the registered owner with his implied or express consent, and the registered owner neither knew nor should have known that the driver's license of the operator was suspended or revoked for a violation of § 21-902 or § 16-205.1 of this article or Title 2, Subtitle 5 or § 3-211 of the Criminal Law Article; or

(2) The motor vehicle was operated by anyone other than the registered owner without his implied or express consent; or

(3) The motor vehicle is used as a common carrier or vehicle for hire and the owner or other person in charge of the vehicle was not a consenting party or privy to the unlawful action of the operator of the motor vehicle; or

(4) The motor vehicle was operated after being obtained by the violator through duress or coercion from an owner or co-owner who is a member of the immediate family of the violator.

(c) Burden of proof. -- The Administration shall bear the burden of proving that the registered owner knew or should have known that the driver's license of the operator of the vehicle was suspended or revoked for a violation of § 21-902 or § 16-205.1 of this article or Title 2, Subtitle 5 or § 3-211 of the Criminal Law Article.