# Criminal Law (GCR)

## Title 7. Theft and Related Crimes

### Subtitle 1. Crimes Involving Theft

#### Section 7-113

(a) A fiduciary may not:

  (1) fraudulently and willfully appropriate money or a thing of value that the fiduciary holds in a fiduciary capacity contrary to the requirements of the fiduciary's trust responsibility; or

  (2) secrete money or a thing of value that the fiduciary holds in a fiduciary capacity with a fraudulent intent to use the money or thing of value contrary to the requirements of the fiduciary's trust responsibility.

(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of the misdemeanor of embezzlement and on conviction is subject to imprisonment for not less than 1 year and not exceeding 5 years.

(c) A person who violates this section is subject to Sec. 5-106(b) of the Courts Article.

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