(3) If an application for an ex parte order is made by the Attorney General, the State Prosecutor, or a State’s Attorney, an order issued under paragraph (1) of this subsection may authorize the interception of communications received or sent by a communication device anywhere within the State so as to permit the interception of the communications regardless of whether the communication device is physically located within the jurisdiction of the court in which the application was filed at the time of the interception. The application must allege that the offense being investigated may transpire in the jurisdiction of the court in which the application is filed.
(4) In accordance with this subsection, a judge of competent jurisdiction may authorize continued interception within the State, both within and outside the judge’s jurisdiction, if the original interception occurred within the judge’s jurisdiction.
(5) (I) IN THIS PARAGRAPH, “LEGALLY PROTECTED HEALTH CARE” HAS THE MEANING STATED IN § 2–312 OF THE STATE PERSONNEL AND PENSIONS ARTICLE.
(II) A JUDGE MAY NOT ISSUE AN EX PARTE ORDER UNDER THIS SECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATING OR RECOVERING EVIDENCE OF ACTIONS RELATED TO LEGALLY PROTECTED HEALTH CARE, UNLESS THE ACTS FORMING THE BASIS FOR THE INVESTIGATION OR RECOVERY OF EVIDENCE WOULD CONSTITUTE A CRIME IN THIS STATE.
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(a) (1) IN THIS SUBSECTION, “LEGALLY PROTECTED HEALTH CARE” HAS THE MEANING STATED UNDER § 2–312 OF THE STATE PERSONNEL AND PENSIONS ARTICLE.
(2) (i) Except as provided in subparagraphs (ii) [and], (iii), AND (IV) of this paragraph, a copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an act of Congress or statutes of this State may be filed in the office of the clerk of a circuit court.
(ii) If the face amount of the judgment is $2,500 or less, the copy shall be filed with the clerk of the District Court.
(iii) If the face amount of the judgment is not more than a jurisdictional amount described in § 4–401 of this article, but more than $2,500, the copy may be filed either with the clerk of the District Court or in the office of the clerk of a circuit court.
(IV) EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW, A JUDGMENT CREDITOR MAY NOT FILE A COPY OF ANY FOREIGN JUDGMENT UNDER THIS SECTION IF THE JUDGMENT WAS ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY LITIGATION CONCERNING
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