<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-101" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Arson and Burning"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>“Dwelling” means a structure any part of which has been adapted for overnight accommodation of an individual, regardless of whether an individual is actually present.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Dwelling” includes a kitchen, shop, barn, stable, or outbuilding that is a parcel to, belongs to, or adjoins the dwelling.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Maliciously” means acting with intent to harm a person or property.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>“Structure” means a building or other construction, a vehicle, or watercraft.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Structure” includes a:</text> <level label="i"> <text>barn, stable, pier, wharf, and any facility attached to a pier or wharf;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>tent, public building, or public bridge; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>railroad car.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Willfully” means acting intentionally, knowingly, and purposely.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-102" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Arson and Burning"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not willfully and maliciously set fire to or burn:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a dwelling; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a structure in or on which an individual who is not a participant is present.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of arson in the first degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 30 years or a fine not exceeding $50,000 or both.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the person owns the property.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-103" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Arson and Burning"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not willfully and maliciously set fire to or burn a structure that belongs to the person or to another.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of arson in the second degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years or a fine not exceeding $30,000 or both.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the person owns the property.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-104" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Arson and Burning"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies to a violation involving property damage of $1,000 or more.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person may not willfully and maliciously set fire to or burn the personal property of another.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of malicious burning in the first degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-105" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Arson and Burning"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies to a violation involving property damage of less than $1,000.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person may not willfully and maliciously set fire to or burn the personal property of another.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of the misdemeanor of malicious burning in the second degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 18 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-106" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Arson and Burning"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not set fire to or burn property of any kind with the intent to defraud another.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates this section is subject to § 5-106(b) of the Courts Article.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A sentence imposed under this section may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence for any crime based on the act establishing the violation of this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-107" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Arson and Burning"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not threaten verbally or in writing to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>set fire to or burn a structure; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>explode a destructive device, as defined in § 4-501 of this article, in, on, or under a structure.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-108" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Arson and Burning"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not willfully and maliciously set fire to or burn the contents of a dumpster or trash receptacle that belongs to another.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-109" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Arson and Burning"> <text>Placing or distributing a flammable, explosive, or combustible material or device in or near a structure or personal property in preparation for burning the structure or property is an attempt to burn the structure or property.</text> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-110" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Arson and Burning"> <text>If a structure is divided into separately owned or leased units, each unit is a separate structure for purposes of prosecution under this subtitle.</text> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-111" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Arson and Burning"> <level label="a"> <text>An indictment, information, warrant, or other charging document for a crime under this subtitle is sufficient if it substantially states:</text> <text>“(name of defendant) on (date) in (county) burned or set fire to (describe property) or (describe other violation) in violation of (section violated) against the peace, government, and dignity of the State.”.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If the general form of indictment or information described in subsection (a) of this section is used to charge a crime under this subtitle in a case in the circuit court, the defendant, on timely demand, is entitled to a bill of particulars.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-112" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Arson and Burning"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Crime of malicious or fraudulent burning” means a violation of § 6–104, § 6–105, or § 6–106 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Serious physical injury” has the meaning stated in § 3–201 of this article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person may not commit a crime of malicious or fraudulent burning that results in the death of or serious physical injury to a firefighter.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A sentence imposed under this section may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence imposed for any crime based on the act establishing the violation of this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-201" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Burglary and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Break” retains its judicially determined meaning except to the extent that its meaning is expressly or impliedly changed in this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>“Burglar’s tool” means a tool, instrument, or device adapted, designed, or used to commit or facilitate the commission of a burglary crime.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Burglar’s tool” includes:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a picklock, key, crowbar, prybar, jack, or bit;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>explosive material including nitroglycerine, dynamite, or gunpowder; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a device capable of burning through metal, concrete, or other solid material, including an acetylene torch, electric arc, burning bar, thermal lance, or oxygen lance.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Crime of violence” has the meaning stated in § 14-101 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Dwelling” retains its judicially determined meaning except to the extent that its meaning is expressly or impliedly changed in this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Enter” retains its judicially determined meaning except to the extent that its meaning is expressly or impliedly changed in this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>“Firearm” includes:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a handgun, antique firearm, rifle, shotgun, short-barreled shotgun, and short-barreled rifle, as those terms are defined in § 4-201 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a machine gun, as defined in § 4-401 of this article; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a regulated firearm, as defined in § 5-101 of the Public Safety Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Firearm” does not include a firearm that has been modified to be permanently inoperative.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <level label="1"> <text>“Storehouse” retains its judicially determined meaning.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Storehouse” includes:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a building or other construction, or a watercraft;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a barn, stable, pier, wharf, and any facility attached to a pier or wharf;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a storeroom or public building; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>a trailer, aircraft, vessel, or railroad car.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-202" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Burglary and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not break and enter the dwelling of another with the intent to commit theft.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person may not break and enter the dwelling of another with the intent to commit a crime of violence.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of the felony of burglary in the first degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A person who violates subsection (b) of this section is guilty of the felony of home invasion and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 25 years.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-203" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Burglary and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not break and enter the storehouse of another with the intent to commit theft, a crime of violence, or arson in the second degree.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person may not break and enter the storehouse of another with the intent to steal, take, or carry away a firearm.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of burglary in the second degree and on conviction is subject to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>for a violation of subsection (a) of this section, imprisonment not exceeding 15 years; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>for a violation of subsection (b) of this section, imprisonment not exceeding 20 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-204" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Burglary and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not break and enter the dwelling of another with the intent to commit a crime.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of burglary in the third degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-205" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Burglary and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not break and enter the dwelling of another.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person may not break and enter the storehouse of another.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person, with the intent to commit theft, may not be in or on:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the dwelling or storehouse of another; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a yard, garden, or other area belonging to the dwelling or storehouse of another.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A person may not possess a burglar’s tool with the intent to use or allow the use of the burglar’s tool in the commission of a violation of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of the misdemeanor of burglary in the fourth degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>A person who is convicted of violating § 7-104 of this article may not also be convicted of violating subsection (c) of this section based on the act establishing the violation of § 7-104 of this article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-206" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Burglary and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not possess a burglar’s tool with the intent to use or allow the use of the burglar’s tool in the commission of a crime involving the breaking and entering of a motor vehicle.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person may not be in or on the motor vehicle of another with the intent to commit theft of the motor vehicle or property that is in or on the motor vehicle.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, shall be considered a rogue and vagabond, and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-207" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Burglary and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not open or attempt to open a vault, safe, or other secure repository by the use of a destructive device, as defined in § 4-501 of this article, while committing burglary in the first, second, or third degree.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of burglary with destructive device and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A sentence imposed for a violation of this section may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence for another crime based on the act establishing the violation of this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-208" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Burglary and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>“Enclosure” means a building, structure, aircraft, watercraft, or vehicle, and each:</text> <level label="1"> <text>separately secured or occupied portion of it; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>structure appurtenant or connected to it.</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>“Enclosure” includes a trailer and a sleeping car.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Research” means a studious and serious inquiry, examination, investigation, or experimentation designed to discover or accumulate data, theories, technologies, or applications for a governmental, scientific, educational, or proprietary purpose.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>“Research facility” means an enclosure or separately secured yard, pad, pond, laboratory, pasture, or pen used to conduct research, house research subjects, or store supplies, records, data, prototypes, or equipment necessary to or derived from research.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <level label="i"> <text>“Research property” means property, regardless of value, related to research in a research facility.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>“Research property” includes a sample, specimen, research subject, record, data, test result, or proprietary information.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person may not break and enter a research facility without the permission of the research facility with the intent to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>obtain unauthorized control over research property;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>alter or eradicate research property;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>damage or deface research property;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>move research property in a manner intended to cause harm to it;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>destroy or remove research property; or</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>engage in conduct that results in the removal of research property.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-209" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Burglary and Related Crimes"> <text>For purposes of prosecution under this subtitle, a unit in a building or structure that is divided into separately owned or leased units may not be considered a separate dwelling or storehouse unless it is objectively apparent that each unit constitutes a separate dwelling or storehouse.</text> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-210" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Burglary and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <text>An indictment, information, warrant, or other charging document for burglary or another crime under this subtitle is sufficient if it substantially states:</text> <text>“(name of defendant) on (date) in (county) did break and enter (describe property) or (describe other crime) in violation of (section violated) against the peace, government, and dignity of the State.”.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If the general form of indictment or information described in subsection (a) of this section is used to charge a crime under this subtitle in a case in the circuit court, the defendant, on timely demand, is entitled to a bill of particulars.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person charged with a violation of § 6-202 of this subtitle may be convicted of a violation of § 6-204 or § 6-205(a) of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A person charged with a violation of § 6-203 of this subtitle may be convicted of a violation of § 6-205(b) of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A person charged with a violation of § 6-204 of this subtitle may be convicted of a violation of § 6-205(a) of this subtitle.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-301" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Malicious Destruction and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not willfully and maliciously destroy, injure, or deface the real or personal property of another.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who, in violation of this section, causes damage of at least $1,000 to the property is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who, in violation of this section, causes damage of less than $1,000 to the property is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 60 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>For purposes of this subsection, an act of “graffiti” means a permanent drawing, permanent painting, or a permanent mark or inscription on the property of another without the permission of the owner of the property.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In addition to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the court shall order a person convicted of causing malicious destruction by an act of graffiti to pay restitution or perform community service or both.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Title 11, Subtitle 6 of the Criminal Procedure Article applies to an order of restitution under this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, to determine a penalty, the court may consider as one crime the aggregate value of damage to each property resulting from one scheme or continuing course of conduct.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If separate acts resulting in damage to the properties of one or more owners are set forth by separate counts in one or more charging documents, the separate counts may not be merged for sentencing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>The value of damage is not a substantive element of a crime under this section and need not be stated in the charging document.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The value of damage shall be based on the evidence and that value shall be applied for the purpose of imposing the penalties established in this section.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If it cannot be determined from the evidence whether the value of the damage to the property is more or less than $1,000, the value is deemed to be less than $1,000.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-302" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Malicious Destruction and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not willfully throw, shoot, or propel a rock, brick, piece of iron, steel, or other similar metal, or a dangerous missile at or into a vehicle or other means of transportation that is occupied by an individual.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-303" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Malicious Destruction and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “electric company” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Public Utilities Article.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section does not apply to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>an employee of or a person authorized by an electric company; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>supervision and control of an electric company and its material, equipment, or facilities by the political subdivision within which the electric company is doing business.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person may not willfully:</text> <level label="1"> <text>tamper or interfere with the material, equipment, or facilities of an electric company;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>make a connection with an electrical conductor to use the electricity; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>tamper with a meter used to register electricity consumed.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Prima facie evidence of intent to violate this section by a person who uses or directly benefits from the use or diversion of electricity includes:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a connection, wire, conductor, meter alteration, or other device that diverts electricity without the electric current being registered by the meter installed by the electric company that supplies the electricity;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the use of electricity supplied by an electric company without the electricity being registered on a meter that the electric company supplied; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a showing by a check or test meter used by the electric company that a customer uses more electricity than is registered on the meter that the electric company supplied for the customer’s premises.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-304" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Malicious Destruction and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “gas company” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Public Utilities Article.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>A person may not wrongfully and maliciously damage, connect, disconnect, tap, or interfere or tamper with material, equipment, or facilities of a gas company.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A person may not intentionally damage or defraud a gas company by:</text> <level label="i"> <text>bypassing a meter provided for registering the gas consumed;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>willfully tampering with, damaging, or preventing the action of a meter to register gas; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>causing or procuring a meter to be damaged or altered.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Prima facie evidence of a violation of this section by the person who would directly benefit from the use of the gas passing through the meter includes:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a device that allows the use of gas supplied by a gas company without the gas being registered on a meter provided by the gas company; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>damage or alteration to a meter so as to prevent the action of the meter.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $250 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-305" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Malicious Destruction and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “water equipment” includes a canal, spring, reservoir, tunnel, mound, dam, plug, main, pipe, conduit, connection, tap, valve, engine, or machinery.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section does not apply to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a person who is authorized by the company, municipal corporation, county, or unit of State or local government that uses or supplies water for domestic, agricultural, or manufacturing purposes or an authorized employee of the company, municipal corporation, county, or unit of State or local government; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>governmental regulation of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>water equipment; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>water companies, as defined in § 1–101 of the Public Utilities Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person may not wrongfully and maliciously:</text> <level label="1"> <text>connect, disconnect, tap, interfere or tamper with, or make a connection with water equipment that belongs to a company, municipal corporation, county, or unit of State or local government that uses or supplies water for domestic, agricultural, or manufacturing purposes; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>tamper with a meter used to register the water consumed.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-305.1" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Malicious Destruction and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Telecommunications company” means a company that provides broadband Internet, cable television, telephone, or other wireless communication services.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>“Telecommunications infrastructure” means items that are used to provide broadband Internet, cable television, telephone, or other wireless communication services.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>“Telecommunications infrastructure” includes:</text> <level label="1"> <text>antennae;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>fiber optic and copper cables;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>headends;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>telephone poles;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>radio transceivers;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>radio towers;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>wireless support structures;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>small cell facilities; and</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>telecommunications company office facilities.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section does not apply to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>an employee of a telecommunications company or a person acting under the authority of a telecommunications company; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>supervision and control of a telecommunications company and its material, equipment, or facilities by a political subdivision within which the telecommunications company is doing business.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person may not recklessly or willfully and maliciously deface, damage, or destroy telecommunications infrastructure.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-306" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Malicious Destruction and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not remove, deface, or obliterate a manufacturer’s serial number that is punched on or affixed by plate to a manufactured good with the intent to prevent tracing or identifying that good.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except as provided in § 14-107(m) of the Transportation Article, a person may not knowingly keep or offer for sale a manufactured good from which the manufacturer’s serial number has been removed, defaced, or obliterated in violation of subsection (a) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 18 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both for each violation.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-307" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Malicious Destruction and Related Crimes"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not:</text> <level label="1"> <text>sell or possess a stolen:</text> <level label="i"> <text>manufactured serial number; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>vehicle identification plate or label; or</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>possess a manufactured serial number or vehicle identification plate or label if the person intends it to be:</text> <level label="i"> <text>affixed to stolen property; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>used for fraudulent purposes.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 18 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both for each violation.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-401" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trespass"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>“Off-road vehicle” means a motorized vehicle designed for or capable of cross-country travel on or immediately over land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Off-road vehicle” includes:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a four-wheel drive or low-pressure-tire vehicle;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a motorcycle or a related two-wheel vehicle;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>an amphibious machine;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>a ground-effect vehicle; and</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>an air-cushion vehicle.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Vehicle” has the meaning stated in § 11-176 of the Transportation Article.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Wanton” retains its judicially determined meaning.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-402" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trespass"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not enter or trespass on property that is posted conspicuously against trespass by:</text> <level label="1"> <text>signs placed where they reasonably may be seen; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>paint marks that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>conform with regulations that the Department of Natural Resources adopts under § 5–209 of the Natural Resources Article; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>are made on trees or posts that are located:</text> <level label="1"> <text>at each road entrance to the property; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>adjacent to public roadways, public waterways, and other land adjoining the property.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>for a first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>for a second violation occurring within 2 years after the first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>for each subsequent violation occurring within 2 years after the preceding violation, imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-403" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trespass"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not enter or cross over private property or board the boat or other marine vessel of another, after having been notified by the owner or the owner’s agent not to do so, unless entering or crossing under a good faith claim of right or ownership.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person may not remain on private property including the boat or other marine vessel of another, after having been notified by the owner or the owner’s agent not to do so.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>for a first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>for a second violation occurring within 2 years after the first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>for each subsequent violation occurring within 2 years after the preceding violation, imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>This section prohibits only wanton entry on private property.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>This section also applies to property that is used as a housing project and operated by a housing authority or State public body, as those terms are defined in Division II of the Housing and Community Development Article, if an authorized agent of the housing authority or State public body gives the required notice specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-404" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trespass"> <level label="a"> <text>This section does not apply to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a vessel;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a military, fire, or law enforcement vehicle;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a farm-type tractor, other agricultural equipment used for agricultural purposes, or construction equipment used for agricultural purposes or earth moving;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>earth-moving or construction equipment used for those purposes; or</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>a lawn mower, snowblower, garden or lawn tractor, or golf cart while being used for its designed purpose.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except when traveling on a clearly designated private driveway, a person may not use a vehicle or off-road vehicle on private property unless the person has in the person’s possession the written permission of the owner or tenant of the private property.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-405" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trespass"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “political subdivision” includes a:</text> <level label="1"> <text>county;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>municipal corporation;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>bicounty or multicounty agency;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>county board of education;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>public authority; or</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>special taxing district.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section does not apply to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a vessel;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a military, fire, or law enforcement vehicle;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a farm-type tractor, other agricultural equipment used for agricultural purposes, or construction equipment used for agricultural purposes or earth moving;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>earth-moving or construction equipment used for those purposes; or</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>a lawn mower, snowblower, garden or lawn tractor, or golf cart while being used for its designed purpose.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Except as otherwise allowed by law, a person may not use an off-road vehicle on property known by the person to be owned or leased by the State or a political subdivision.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-406" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trespass"> <level label="a"> <text>“Cultivated land” means land that has been cleared of its natural vegetation and is currently planted with a crop or orchard.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Unless a person has permission from the owner of cultivated land or an agent of the owner, a person may not enter on the cultivated land of another.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>This section:</text> <level label="1"> <text>prohibits only wanton entry on cultivated land; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>does not:</text> <level label="i"> <text>prevent a person who resides on cultivated land from receiving a person who seeks to provide a lawful service; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>apply to a person entering cultivated land under color of law or color of title.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-407" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trespass"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not enter or remain in the stable area of a racetrack after being notified by a racetrack official, security guard, or law enforcement officer that the person is not allowed in the stable area.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-408" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trespass"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not enter on the property of another for the purpose of invading the privacy of an occupant of a building or enclosure located on the property by looking into a window, door, or other opening.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-409" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trespass"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not refuse or fail to leave a public building or grounds, or a specific part of a public building or grounds, during the time when the public building or grounds, or specific part of the public building or grounds, is regularly closed to the public if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the surrounding circumstances would indicate to a reasonable person that the person who refuses or fails to leave has no apparent lawful business to pursue at the public building or grounds; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a regularly employed guard, watchman, or other authorized employee of the government unit that owns, operates, or maintains the public building or grounds asks the person to leave.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person may not refuse or fail to leave a public building or grounds, or a specific part of a public building or grounds, during regular business hours if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the surrounding circumstances would indicate to a reasonable person that the person who refuses or fails to leave:</text> <level label="i"> <text>has no apparent lawful business to pursue at the public building or grounds; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>is acting in a manner disruptive of and disturbing to the conduct of normal business by the government unit that owns, operates, or maintains the public building or grounds; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>an authorized employee of the government unit asks the person to leave.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-410" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trespass"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not commit wanton trespass on the property of Government House.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the property of Government House need not be posted against trespass.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-411" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trespass"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>“Dwelling” means a building or part of a building that provides living or sleeping facilities for one or more individuals.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>“Dwelling” does not include:</text> <level label="1"> <text>common elements of a condominium, as defined in § 11–101 of the Real Property Article;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>property of a cooperative housing corporation other than a unit as defined in § 5–6B–01 of the Corporations and Associations Article; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>common areas of a multifamily dwelling as defined in § 12–203 of the Public Safety Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Firearm” has the meaning stated in § 4–104 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>“Law enforcement official” has the meaning stated in § 4–201 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>“Police officer” has the meaning stated in § 3–201 of the Public Safety Article.</text> </level> <level label="6"> <level label="i"> <text>“Property” means a building.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>“Property” does not include the land adjacent to a building.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section does not apply to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a law enforcement official or police officer;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>an on–duty employee of a law enforcement agency authorized by the agency to possess firearms on duty or whose duty assignment involves the possession of firearms;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a member of the armed forces of the United States, the National Guard, or the uniformed services on duty or traveling to or from duty;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a correctional officer or warden of a correctional facility in the State;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>the wearing, carrying, or transporting of a firearm on a portion of real property subject to an easement, a right–of–way, a servitude, or any other property interest that allows public access on or through the real property; or</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>the wearing, carrying, or transporting of a firearm on a portion of real property subject to an easement, a right–of–way, a servitude, or any other property interest allowing access on or through the real property by:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the holder of the easement, right–of–way, servitude, or other property interest; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a guest or assignee of the holder of the easement, right–of–way, servitude, or other property interest.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm may not enter or trespass in the dwelling of another unless the owner or the owner’s agent has given express permission, either to the person or to the public generally, to wear, carry, or transport a firearm inside the dwelling.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A person wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm may not:</text> <level label="1"> <text>enter or trespass on property unless the owner or the owner’s agent has posted a clear and conspicuous sign indicating that it is permissible to wear, carry, or transport a firearm on the property; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>enter or trespass on property unless the owner or the owner’s agent has given the person express permission to wear, carry, or transport a firearm on the property.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A person who willfully violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>A conviction under this section may not merge with a conviction for any other crime based on the act establishing the violation of this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A sentence imposed under this section may be imposed separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence for any crime based on the act establishing the violation of this section.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-412" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trespass"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Practice land surveying” has the same meaning as provided in § 15–101 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Professional land surveyor” means a land surveyor who is licensed by the State Board for Professional Land Surveyors to practice land surveying.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This subtitle does not apply to a professional land surveyor, or an agent or employee of a professional land surveyor, who enters a property to practice land surveying.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-501" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Crimes Involving Railroads"> <text>In this subtitle, “railroad vehicle” includes a car, carriage, engine, locomotive, or tender.</text> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-502" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Crimes Involving Railroads"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “railroad” includes a switch, frog, rail, roadbed, tie, viaduct, bridge, trestle, culvert, embankment, structure, or appliance that pertains to or connects with a railroad.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person may not, with the intent to obstruct or derail a railroad vehicle in the State:</text> <level label="1"> <text>break or damage a railroad; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>place or cause anything to be placed on a railroad.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-503" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Crimes Involving Railroads"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>“Passenger” means an individual who is traveling by railroad vehicle with lawful authorization and who does not participate in the operation of the railroad vehicle.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>“Passenger” does not include a stowaway.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>“Railroad” means a form of ground transportation that runs on rails or electromagnetic guide ways.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>“Railroad” includes:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a commuter or other short–haul railroad passenger service in a metropolitan or suburban area; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a high–speed ground transportation system that connects metropolitan areas.</text> </level> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>“Railroad” does not include:</text> <level label="1"> <text>highway ground transportation; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a rapid transit operation in a metropolitan area that does not connect to the general railroad transportation system.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>“Railroad carrier” means a person who provides railroad transportation.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>“Railroad property” means the material, equipment, and property used on or in connection with a railroad, right–of–way, or yard.</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>“Right–of–way” means the track or roadbed that is:</text> <level label="i"> <text>owned, leased, or operated by a railroad carrier;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>located on either side of the tracks of the railroad carrier; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <level label="1"> <text>readily recognizable to a reasonable person as railroad property; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>reasonably identified as railroad property by fencing or appropriate signs.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="7"> <text>“Yard” means a system of parallel tracks, crossovers, and switches where railroad vehicles are switched or connected, and where railroad vehicles and other rolling stock are kept when not in use or when awaiting repair.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section does not apply to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a passenger on a railroad vehicle;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>an individual who enters railroad property in an emergency to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>rescue from harm another individual or an animal, including livestock, a pet, or wildlife; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>remove an object that the individual reasonably believes to pose an imminent threat to life or limb;</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>an individual on the station grounds or in the depot of a railroad carrier as a passenger or to transact lawful business;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a person, a family member or invitee of a person, or an employee or independent contractor of a person who enters a railroad right–of–way to obtain access to land that the person owns, leases, or operates at a private crossing approved by the railroad carrier;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>a person having permission of the railroad carrier to enter the railroad property;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency response personnel while performing official duties;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>a representative of the Maryland Department of Transportation or the Maryland Department of Labor while performing official duties; or</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>a representative of the Federal Railroad Administration or the National Transportation Safety Board while performing official duties.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Without the consent of the railroad carrier or other lawful authorization, a person may not ride on the outside or inside of a railroad vehicle, including a flatbed or container.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Without the consent of the railroad carrier or other lawful authorization, and except to cross the property at a public highway or other authorized crossing, a person may not knowingly enter or remain on railroad property.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or a fine not exceeding $100 or both.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-504" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Crimes Involving Railroads"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not give a train signal to start a stopped train or to stop a moving train unless the person is an authorized employee of a railroad company.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-505" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Crimes Involving Railroads"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “railroad” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Public Utilities Article.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person may not willfully and maliciously strike a railroad vehicle on a railroad or on an electric railway in the State by:</text> <level label="1"> <text>shooting or throwing an object at the railroad vehicle; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>causing an object to fall on the railroad vehicle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="6-506" title_number="6" title_name="Crimes Against Property" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Crimes Involving Railroads"> <level label="a"> <text>Unless authorized by a railroad company that maintains offices in the State, a person may not:</text> <level label="1"> <text>buy, sell, or engage in the business of buying or selling railroad tickets or the unused parts of railroad tickets;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>act as vendor or broker of whole or partly used railroad tickets;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>solicit personally or by sign, advertisement, or otherwise to buy or sell railroad tickets; or</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>aid or abet in buying or selling railroad tickets in the State.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $100 or both.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Each act of buying or selling railroad tickets is a separate violation.</text> </level> </section>