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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 38-1 Enticing minor into vehicle.">
  <section prefix="§" num="38-1" heading="Enticing minor into vehicle.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Prohibited conduct.">Except as otherwise specified in this section, no person may, by any means, solicit, coax, entice, or lure any minor to enter into any vehicle, regardless of whether the person knows the age of the minor.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Exceptions.">This section does not apply to:<para num="(1)">a person who has express or implied permission from the minor’s parent, guardian, or other legal custodian for the activity; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">a law enforcement officer, medic, firefighter, or other person who undertakes the activity:<para num="(i)">in response to a bona fide emergency situation; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">otherwise in the reasonable belief that it was necessary to preserve the health, safety, or welfare of the minor.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Penalties.">Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 12 months or both fine and imprisonment for each offense.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §78A)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 87-940</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 09-143</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
