Maryland

Maryland Code — Criminal Law Article

828 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 9-505 — (a) A person may not manufacture, possess, transport, or place: (1) a device or container that is labeled as containing or is intended to represent a toxic material, as defined in § 4-501 of this article, with the intent to terrorize, frighten, intimidate, threaten, or harass; or (2) a device that i
• § 9-506 — (a) A person may not knowingly and willfully falsify or conceal a material fact in connection with an application for funds from the Maryland Higher Education Commission
• § 9-507 — The common-law crime of criminal defamation is repealed.
• § 9-508 — - 354 - (a) In this section, “financing statement” has the meaning stated in § 9–102 of the Commercial Law Article
• § 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
• § 9-602 — (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a State official or employee may not directly or indirectly monitor or record in any manner a telephone conversation made to or from a State unit
• § 9-603 — (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person may not use a device that dials by remote control a preprogrammed telephone number and transmits a prerecorded message communicating an existing emergency condition, including fire, illness, or crime, without written approval for the
• § 9-604 — (a) A person may not knowingly make or cause to be made a false: (1) fire alarm; or (2) call for an ambulance or rescue squad
• § 9-607 — (a) In this part the following words have the meanings indicated
• § 9-608 — (a) A person may not intentionally activate a signal for a nonemergency situation
• § 9-609 — (a) This section does not apply: - 358 - (1) to alarm systems activated by weather conditions or causes beyond the control of the alarm user; (2) in Frederick County if regulations are adopted under § 12–806 of the Local Government Article providing for the registration of alarm system contractors a
• § 9-610 — - 359 - (a) In this section, “defective alarm system” means an alarm system that activates: (1) more than three false alarms within a 30-day period; or (2) eight or more false alarms within a 12-month period
• § 9-611 — (a) In this section, “audible alarm system” means an alarm system that, when activated, emits an audible noise from an annunciator
• § 9-701 — (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated
• § 9-702 — (a) A person may not destroy, impair, damage, or interfere or tamper with real or personal property with intent to hinder, delay, or interfere with a defense- related activity
• § 9-703 — - 361 - (a) A person may not intentionally: (1) make or cause to be made or omit to note on inspection a defect in a product to be used in connection with a defense-related activity; and (2) act, or fail to act, with intent to hinder, delay, or interfere with a defense-related activity
• § 9-704 — (a) This section applies to a person possessing an identification badge or identification card required for employment or visitation that is issued by: (1) a unit of the State or a county, municipal corporation, special taxing district, or public corporation of the State; or (2) a person that owns o
• § 9-705 — - 362 - A person who finds or gains possession of an identification badge or identification card required under § 9-704
• § 9-706 — (a) To enter a place or establishment in which a person is required to have an identification badge or identification card under § 9-704 of this subtitle, a person may not willfully: (1) make unauthorized use of an identification badge or identification card; or (2) assist another in the unauthorize
• § 9-707 — This subtitle does not impair, curtail, or destroy the rights of employees and their representatives to: (1) self-organi
• § 9-708 — If conduct prohibited by this subtitle is also unlawful under another law, a person may be convicted for the violation o
• § 9-801 — (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated
• § 9-802 — (a) A person may not threaten an individual, or a friend or family member of an individual, with physical violence with the intent to coerce, induce, or solicit the individual to participate in or prevent the individual from leaving a criminal organization
• § 9-803 — - 366 - (a) A person may not threaten an individual, or a friend or family member of an individual, with or use physical violence to coerce, induce, or solicit the individual to participate in or prevent the individual from leaving a criminal organization: (1) in a school vehicle, as defined under §
• § 9-804 — (a) A person may not: (1) participate in a criminal organization knowing that the members of the criminal organization engage in a pattern of organized crime activity; and (2) knowingly and willfully direct or participate in an underlying crime, or act by a juvenile that would be an underlying crime
• § 9-805 — (a) A person may not organize, supervise, promote, sponsor, finance, or manage a criminal organization
• § 9-806 — Nothing in this subtitle may be construed inconsistently with the provisions relating to jurisdiction over juvenile caus
• § 9-807 — - 370 - For purposes of venue, any violation of this subtitle is considered to have been committed in any county: (1) in