Maryland · Maryland Code — Criminal Law Article
Md. Code, Crim. Law § 3-304: (a) A person may not engage in vaginal intercourse or a sexual act with another: (1) without the consent of the other; (2) if the victim is a substantially cognitively impaired individual, a mentally incapacitated individual, or a physically helpless individual, and the person performing the act kno
What this law says, in plain English
This statute criminalizes non-consensual sexual intercourse or acts, sexual contact with incapacitated or helpless individuals, and sexual contact with minors under age 14. Violations constitute felony rape in the second degree.
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