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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="8-106" title_number="8" title_name="Fraud and Related Crimes" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Bad Checks">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who obtains property or services with a value of at least $1,500 but less than $25,000 by issuing or passing a check in violation of § 8–103 of this subtitle is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who obtains property or services with a value of at least $25,000 but less than $100,000 by issuing or passing a check in violation of § 8–103 of this subtitle is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $15,000 or both.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A person who obtains property or services with a value of $100,000 or more by issuing or passing a check in violation of § 8–103 of this subtitle is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years or a fine not exceeding $25,000 or both.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person who obtains property or services by issuing or passing more than one check in violation of § 8–103 of this subtitle is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>each check that is issued is for at least $1,500 but less than $25,000 and is issued to the same person within a 30–day period; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the cumulative value of the property or services is at least $1,500 but less than $25,000.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as provided in subsections (b) and (d) of this section, a person who obtains property or services with a value of at least $100 but less than $1,500 by issuing or passing a check in violation of § 8–103 of this subtitle 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>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who obtains property or services with a value of less than $100 by issuing or passing a check in violation of § 8–103 of this subtitle 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="2">
      <text>It is not a defense to the crime of obtaining property or services with a value of less than $100 by issuing or passing a check in violation of § 8–103 of this subtitle that the value of the property or services at issue is $100 or more.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
