Maryland · Maryland Code — Criminal Law Article
Md. Code, Crim. Law § 9-601: (a) In this section, “emergency” means a circumstance in which: (1) an individual is or is reasonably believed by the person transmitting the communication to be in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm; or (2) property is in imminent danger of damage or destruction
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits a misdemeanor by knowingly interfering with emergency radio communications or transmitting false emergency information on frequencies used by emergency services.
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