# § 23-3 Prohibited conduct.

Current through 2026-07-17. Source: City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-129. Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.

## § 23-3 Prohibited conduct.

Balt., Md., Code art. 19, § 23-3 (2026)

A person may not:

(1) vandalize religious property that is owned, leased, or used by any religious entity;

(2) obstruct, or attempt to obstruct by force or threat of force, a person in the free exercise of that person’s religious beliefs;

(3) harass or commit a crime on a person or damage the property of a person because of that person’s race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, or sexual orientation;

(4) harass or commit a crime on an institution or damage the property of an institution:

  (i) because of the institution’s contacts or association with a person or group of a particular race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, or sexual orientation; or

  (ii) where there is evidence that exhibits animosity on the part of the person committing the act against a person or group because of that person’s or group’s race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, or sexual orientation;

(5) vandalize or burn or attempt to burn any object on the property of a person because of that person’s race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, or sexual orientation;

(6) vandalize or burn or attempt to burn any object on the property of an institution:

  (i) because of the institution’s contacts or association with a person or group of a particular race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, or sexual orientation; or

  (ii) where there is evidence that exhibits animosity on the part of the person committing the act against a person or group because of that person’s or group’s race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, or sexual orientation.

*History: Ord. 98-380*