Maryland · Maryland Code — Criminal Law Article
Md. Code, Crim. Law § 7-205: (a) A person who leases or rents a motor vehicle under an agreement to return the motor vehicle at the end of the leasing or rental period may not abandon the motor vehicle or refuse or willfully neglect to return it
Misdemeanor
What this law says, in plain English
A person who leases or rents a motor vehicle and abandons it or willfully refuses to return it commits a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year imprisonment or a $500 fine.
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