§ RULE 3-601 ENTRY OF JUDGMENT

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RULE 3-601. ENTRY OF JUDGMENT

    (a) When Entered. Upon a decision by the court denying or granting relief, the court shall enter the judgment promptly.

    (b) Method of Entry--Date of Judgment. The court shall enter a judgment by making a record of it in writing on the file jacket, or on a docket within the file, or in a docket book, according to the practice of each court, and shall record the actual date of the entry.

    That date shall be the date of the judgment.

    (c) Advice to Judgment Holder. Upon entering a judgment for a sum certain, except in Baltimore City, the court shall advise the judgment holder of the right to obtain a lien on real property pursuant to Rule 3-621.

    (d) Recording and Indexing. Promptly after entry, the clerk shall record and index the judgment, except a judgment denying all relief without costs, in the judgment records of the court.

    Source: This Rule is derived as follows:

    Section (a) is new and is derived from the 1963 version of Fed. R. Civ. P. 58.

    Section (b) is new.

    Section (c) is derived from former M.D.R. 619 b.

    Section (d) is new.