Maryland · Maryland Code — Criminal Law Article

Md. Code, Crim. Law § 9-403: (a) A person may not willfully harbor an incarcerated individual, who was imprisoned for a felony and who escaped from the custody of the Division of Correction or other correctional unit to which the incarcerated individual has been committed, after: (1) being notified, or otherwise knowing, that t

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a misdemeanor by willfully harboring an escaped inmate from a felony sentence after being notified of the escape and that harboring is illegal.

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