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<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>
