Section 1-503 - Number of judges.
§ 1-503. Number of judges.
(a) Judges in counties of first seven judicial circuits.- In each county in the first seven judicial circuits there shall be the number of resident judges of the circuit court set forth below, including the judge or judges provided for by the Constitution:
(1) Allegany ............ 2
(2) Anne Arundel ............ 12
(3) Baltimore County ............ 18
(4) Calvert ............ 2
(5) Caroline ............ 1
(6) Carroll ............ 3
(7) Charles ............ 4
(8) Cecil ............ 3
(9) Dorchester ............ 1
(10) Frederick ............ 4
(11) Garrett ............ 1
(12) Harford ............ 5
(13) Howard ............ 5
(14) Kent ............ 1
(15) Montgomery ............ 22
(16) Prince George's ............ 23
(17) Queen Anne's ............ 1
(18) St. Mary's ............ 3
(19) Somerset ............ 1
(20) Talbot ............ 1
(21) Washington ............ 5
(22) Wicomico ............ 3
(23) Worcester ............ 3
(b) Judges in Baltimore City.- In Baltimore City there shall be 33 resident judges of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.
[An. Code 1957, art. 26, §§ 32-32J; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 2, § 1; 1975, ch. 308; 1976, ch. 334, § 1; 1977, chs. 789, 802, 978; 1979, ch. 480; 1981, chs. 532, 634; 1982, ch. 132; ch. 820, § 3; 1984, ch. 107; 1985, ch. 21; 1988, ch. 473; 1989, ch. 500; 1990, ch. 407; 1991, ch. 414; 1993, ch. 125; 1994, ch. 537; 1995, ch. 4, § 1; ch. 506; 1996, ch. 148, §§ 1, 2; 1997, ch. 337, §§ 1, 2; 1998, ch. 370; 2001, ch. 414; 2005, ch. 199; 2009, ch. 269.]