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<unit kind="division" number="4" name="Offenses Against Property" slug="division-4" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_14MOCO_DIV4OFAGPR">
  <section number="14-127" name="Nonresident with dog or gun" law="code" slug="sec-14-127" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_14MOCO_DIV4OFAGPR_S14-127NODOGU">
    <text>If any person residing out of the State shall commit any trespass whatever upon the lands within the County with dog or gun, and shall not immediately leave said premises upon notice from the owner or occupant thereof, such person shall upon conviction before a court of competent jurisdiction be fined not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Twenty Dollars ($20.00), in the discretion of the Court, and in default of payment may be committed to the County jail until the payment of fine and costs; and the said justice may also, in his discretion, hold the offender to bail for his appearance before the next Circuit Court for the County, and upon presentment and conviction before said court, the offender may be confined in the County jail for not less than ten (10) nor more than thirty (30) days in the discretion of the court.</text>
  </section>
  <section number="14-128" name="Breaking and entering" law="code" slug="sec-14-128" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_14MOCO_DIV4OFAGPR_S14-128BREN">
    <level label="a">
      <text>No person shall break and enter into any shop, store room, filling station, garage, trailer, cabin, diner, tobacco house, warehouse, dwelling house, residence, or any other building.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Every person convicted of the crime of breaking and entering into any shop, store room, filling station, garage, trailer, cabin, diner, tobacco house, warehouse, dwelling house, residence, or any other building shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to confinement in the Maryland House of Correction or the County jail for not less than three (3) months or for not more than eighteen (18) months. The People's Court for Prince George's County shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the Circuit Court of the County to hear and determine the offense provided for in this Section.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section number="14-129" name="Arson prohibited; penalty" law="code" slug="sec-14-129" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_14MOCO_DIV4OFAGPR_S14-129ARPRPE">
    <level label="a">
      <text>No person shall willfully, wantonly, recklessly, or maliciously set fire to any stubble, grass, leaves, or other combustible material whereby any fencing, crops, wood, timber, outhouses, dwellings, or other property are injured or destroyed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Such person shall (in addition to his civil liability for such damages) be also deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding five (5) years in the penitentiary, or not exceeding three (3) years in the house of correction or not more than one (1) year in jail.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section number="14-130" name="Cemeteries restricted; penalty" law="code" slug="sec-14-130" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_14MOCO_DIV4OFAGPR_S14-130CEREPE">
    <level label="a">
      <text>No person shall establish any cemetery within the area bounded as follows:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Beginning at the intersection of the metropolitan area and the District of Columbia line at its most southerly point; thence along said metropolitan area line to the Marlboro Pike; thence along said pike to Meadows; thence to Camp Springs by way of the concrete state road; thence north along the Southern Maryland Pike to Henson Branch; thence down the said branch to the Fort Washington State Road; thence with the said road to the Fort Washington Reservation and the Potomac River; thence up said river in a northeasterly direction to the District of Columbia and Maryland boundary line; thence along said line to the place of the beginning.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>This Section shall not be construed to prohibit the establishment of so-called family burying grounds of reasonable area or graveyards or cemeteries of established churches holding regular services herein.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction, be subject to a penalty of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each such violation.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section number="14-131" name="Official signs; removal prohibited" law="code" slug="sec-14-131" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_14MOCO_DIV4OFAGPR_S14-131OFSIREPR">
    <level label="a">
      <text>No unauthorized person shall knowingly remove or deface any sign posted on any building or structure and placed thereon by any County department or agency or officer or employee thereof, or other person, pursuant to law or ordinance.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>As used in this Section, Sign shall mean and include, without limitation, any permit, notice, license, order, or other indication of official government action or notice under any County law or ordinance.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section number="14-132" name="Motor vehicle parts; sale or gift records; penalty" law="code" slug="sec-14-132" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_14MOCO_DIV4OFAGPR_S14-132MOVEPASAGIREPE">
    <level label="a">
      <text>No person shall sell, give, or donate to another person any motor block, rear end housing, transmission, automobile radio, or heater without making a memorandum of such transaction. The memorandum shall set forth the date of transaction, the name and address of the purchaser, grantee, or donee, a description of the article and the manufacturer's serial number, or other identification number. The memorandum shall be retained by the seller, grantor, or donor for a period of six (6) months.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>If any of the articles enumerated in this Section has its manufacturer's serial number or other identification number removed or obliterated, it shall be the duty of the seller, grantor, or donor to report the sale or gift of such article within ten (10) days of the sale to the Police Department, which shall retain a file of such reports for a period of one (1) year. The report shall contain the same information required in the memorandum retained by the seller or donor. It shall contain a statement of the manner of the removal or obliteration of the manufacturer's serial number or other identification number, if such information may be determined.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>Any person convicted of the violation of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to a fine not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or shall be imprisoned in the County jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</unit>
