# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 6. Charitable Organizations and Charitable Representatives

### Subtitle 5A. Public Safety Solicitors

#### Section 6-5A-11

(a) A person who commits a willful violation of this subtitle:

  (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor;

  (2) is subject, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding three times the value of the total gross amount of funds solicited by the public safety solicitor or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both; and

  (3) shall forfeit to the Secretary of State the bond required in Sec. 6-5A-03 of this subtitle.

(b) A person who commits a grossly negligent violation of this subtitle:

  (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor;

  (2) is subject, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding the gross amount of funds solicited by the public safety solicitor or liability for restitution that the court determines or both; and

  (3) shall forfeit to the Secretary of State the bond required in Sec. 6-5A-03 of this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)