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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="7-114" title_number="7" title_name="Theft and Related Crimes" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Crimes Involving Theft">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “revenue officer” means an officer with the duty to collect revenue due to the State, a county, or other governmental entity.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Revenue officer” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a clerk;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a notary public;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a register of wills;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a sheriff; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a tax collector.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A revenue officer may not willfully detain and neglect to pay money due to the State, a county, or other governmental entity into the Treasury of the State or a county or to another revenue officer authorized to receive the money longer than:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>60 days after the date specified by law for the revenue officer to make payment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>6 months after the date that the money is collected, if the law does not specify a date for the revenue officer to make payment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A revenue officer who violates this section is guilty of the misdemeanor of defalcation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On conviction, and unless the revenue officer pays the amount in default sooner, a revenue officer who violates this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for each violation, is subject to imprisonment for not less than 1 year and not exceeding 5 years; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is subject to any other penalty provided by law.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A revenue officer who violates this section is subject to § 5-106(b) of the Courts Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>In a prosecution under this section, a certificate of the Comptroller of the State or of a revenue officer of a county showing that the defendant is a defaulter is admissible as prima facie evidence of defalcation under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
