Rule 8-607 - Assessment of Costs(a) Allowance and Allocation. Unless the Court orders otherwise, the prevailing party is entitled to costs. The Court, by order, may allocate costs among the parties.(b) Unnecessary Material. When unnecessary material has been included in a record extract or appendix, the Court may order that the costs of reproduction be withheld, apportioned, or assessed against the attorney or unrepresented party who caused the unnecessary material to be included.(c)Unnecessary Correction of Record. If the Court orders that the record be corrected or supplemented on motion of a party pursuant to Rule 8-414 and the Court later determines that the correction or supplementation was unnecessary, the costs of the correction or supplementation shall be imposed on the moving party.(d)Amicus Curiae. Costs shall not be allowed to or assessed against an amicus curiae.(e)State.(1)Generally. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, costs shall be allowed to or assessed against the State or any official, agency, or political subdivision of the State that is a party in the same manner as costs are allowed to or assessed against a private litigant.(2)Criminal Appeals. In a criminal appeal decided against the State, costs shall be assessed against the political subdivision of the State in which the case originated.Md. R. Rev. Ct. App. & Spec. App. 8-607
This Rule is derived from former Rules 1082 and 882.
Adopted Nov. 19, 1987, eff. 7/1/1988. Amended March 30, 1993, eff. 7/1/1993.