# Criminal Law (GCR)

## Title 8. Fraud and Related Crimes

### Subtitle 9. Miscellaneous Fraud

#### Section 8-901

(a) A person may not fail to furnish to the purchaser of purebred livestock a paper or certificate showing that the livestock is purebred stock within 90 days after the sale and delivery of the livestock if:

  (1) the paper or certificate is a condition of sale; and

  (2) payment has been made for the livestock.

(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not less than $5 and not exceeding $50 for each violation.

#### Section 8-902

(a)

  (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

  (2) "Drug" means a drug, medicine, or a medicinal or chemical preparation for internal human consumption.

  (3) "Prepare" means to make, mix, manufacture, or compound.

(b) A person who is engaged in the business of preparing or dispensing a drug for internal human consumption may not prepare, dispense, sell, or deliver the drug to a person directly or through an agent or employee if:

  (1) ethyl alcohol is usually used to prepare the drug; and

  (2) the preparer, or the preparer's agent or employee, in any manner uses or substitutes methyl alcohol for ethyl alcohol, or puts methyl alcohol into the drug.

(c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment for not less than 3 months and not exceeding 1 year or a fine of not less than $100 and not exceeding $500 or both.

#### Section 8-903

(a)

  (1) A person may not intentionally issue, sell, or give to an unauthorized person a ticket or instrument for the transfer from a conveyance on one passenger line or route to a conveyance on another line or route of the same or a different carrier.

  (2) Unless authorized to do so, a person may not intentionally receive a ticket or instrument for the transfer from a conveyance on one passenger line or route to a conveyance on another line or route of the same or a different carrier.

(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:

  (1) for the first violation, a fine not exceeding $100; and

  (2) for each subsequent violation, imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.

#### Section 8-904

(a) A person knowingly may not enter or race a horse in a running or harness race under a name or designation other than that registered with the Jockey Club or the United States Trotting Association.

(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.

#### Section 8-905

(a) A person may not knowingly present for payoff, or give to another to present for payoff, a counterfeit or altered pari-mutuel betting ticket.

(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.

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