# Environment (GEN)

## Title 10. Nuisance Control

### Subtitle 3. Prohibited Acts; Penalties

#### Section 10-301

A person who refuses or neglects to comply with the requirements of a notice served under Sec. 10-201 of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50.

#### Section 10-302

(a) A person who fails to exercise due diligence under a court order to abate a condition under Sec. 10-202 of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:

  (1) A fine not exceeding $10 for each day the condition is not abated; and

  (2) The cost of prosecution.

(b) A person who knowingly or willfully acts contrary to a court order to abate a condition under Sec. 10-202 of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:

  (1) A fine not exceeding $20 for each day the violation continues; and

  (2) The cost of prosecution.

#### Section 10-303

In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $100 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or both, if the person:

(1) Interferes with the Secretary or a representative of the Secretary summarily abating a nuisance under Sec. 10-203 of this title; or

(2) Refuses to allow the Secretary or a representative of the Secretary to enter on any property for the purpose of summarily abating a nuisance under Sec. 10-203 of this title.

#### Section 10-304

A person who violates any rule or regulation that the Secretary adopts under Subtitle 1 of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine for each offense not exceeding the lesser of the penalty provided by the rule or regulation or $100.

#### Section 10-305

(a) In this section, "nuisance" includes:

  (1) Any condition that is dangerous to health or safety, such as an inadequately protected swimming pool or ditch;

  (2) Any condition that may adversely affect the public health, such as an unsanitary outhouse, a foul pigpen, an improperly functioning sewage system, an unkempt junkyard, an unkempt scrap metal processing facility, an excessive accumulation of trash or garbage, dead animals, a contaminated water supply, an inadequately protected water supply, or a rat harborage;

  (3) Housekeeping in any building that is so poor that the health of the owner, occupants, employees, or neighbors may be endangered; and

  (4) Any condition that may endanger health through the spreading of the condition by any means, including by streams, surface drainage, air currents, winged life, domestic animals, or human beings.

(b) In Cecil County or Allegany County, in addition to any other penalty imposed by this subtitle, a person who refuses or neglects to comply with a notice or order to abate a nuisance by the Secretary, or by the health officer for the county where the nuisance exists, is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $100 a day for each day the violation continues.

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