Maryland · Maryland Code — Criminal Law Article
Md. Code, Crim. Law § 6-305: (a) In this section, “water equipment” includes a canal, spring, reservoir, tunnel, mound, dam, plug, main, pipe, conduit, connection, tap, valve, engine, or machinery
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits a misdemeanor by wrongfully and maliciously connecting, disconnecting, tampering with, or interfering with water equipment belonging to a water company or government entity, or by tampering with a water meter.
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