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MARYLAND RULES OF PROCEDURE<br />

TITLE 3 - CIVIL PROCEDURE--DISTRICT COURT<br />

CHAPTER 100 - COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION AND PROCESS<br />

AMEND Rule 3-101 to allow a certain action to be filed in<br />

the District Court within 30 days after a certain order of<br />

dismissal in a circuit court <strong>and</strong> to make certain stylistic<br />

changes, as follows:<br />

Rule 3-101. COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION<br />

(a) Generally<br />

court.<br />

A civil action is commenced by filing a complaint with a<br />

(b) After Certain Dismissals by a Federal District Court or a<br />

Court of Another State<br />

Except as otherwise provided by statute, if an action is<br />

filed in a United States District Court federal district court or<br />

a court of another state within the period of limitations<br />

prescribed by Maryl<strong>and</strong> law <strong>and</strong> the foreign that court enters an<br />

order of dismissal (1) for lack of jurisdiction, (2) because the<br />

court declines to exercise jurisdiction, or (3) because the<br />

action is barred by the statute of limitations required to be<br />

applied by that court, an action filed in this State the District<br />

Court within 30 days after the foreign court’s order of dismissal<br />

shall be treated as timely filed in this State.<br />

Cross reference: Code, Courts <strong>and</strong> Judicial Proceedings Article,<br />

§5-115.<br />

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