# Division 10. Dealing in Stolen Property

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Division 10. Dealing in Stolen Property

### Sec. 14-157. Trafficking in stolen property

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 14-157 (2026)

(a) For the purposes of this Section, the term "traffics" means:

  (1) To sell, pledge, transfer, distribute, dispense, or otherwise dispose of property to another person as consideration for anything of value; or

  (2) To buy, receive, possess, or obtain control of property with intent to do any of the acts set forth in paragraph (1).

(b) A person commits the offense in trafficking in stolen property if, on two or more separate occasions, that person traffics in stolen property, knowing or having reason to believe that the property has been stolen.

(c) It shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this Section that the property was not in fact stolen, if the accused engaged in conduct which would constitute the crime if the attendant circumstances were as the accused believed them to be.

(d) Any person convicted of trafficking in stolen property shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or both.

### Sec. 14-158. Receiving stolen property

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 14-158 (2026)

(a) A person commits the offense of receiving stolen property if that person buys, receives, possesses, or obtains control of stolen property, knowing or having reason to believe that the property was stolen, with intent to deprive another of the right to the property or a benefit of the property.

(b) It shall not be a defense to a prosecution for an attempt to commit the offense described in this Section that the property was not in fact stolen, if the accused engages in conduct which would constitute the crime if the attendant circumstances were as the accused believed them to be.

(c) Any person convicted of receiving stolen property shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or both.