State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Maryland > Courts-and-judicial-proceedings > Title-2 > Subtitle-3 > 2-310§ 2-310. Second in command.
(a) Appointment; succession to powers of sheriff.- The sheriff of Baltimore City and each county may appoint, from time to time, from among his deputies a second in command. On the death, disqualification, or resignation of the sheriff or in the event the sheriff is convicted of a felony, the second in command shall succeed to all the powers, duties, responsibilities, and obligations of the sheriff until a successor has been appointed by the Governor.
(b) Bond.- Immediately upon assuming the powers of the sheriff, the second in command shall file a bond with the State Comptroller, in the same penalty and on the same conditions as that required of the sheriff.
[1978, ch. 353; 1984, ch. 255; 1993, ch. 264.]
