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<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>
