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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="10-1101.1" title_number="10" title_name="Wildlife" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Penalties and Fines, Searches, Seizures, and Forfeitures">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding § 10–1101 of this subtitle, if a person is convicted of poaching deer on any land in the State, the court shall order the person to pay the State restitution in accordance with this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For an act of poaching that involves trespassing on another’s property, this section applies with respect to the trespass violation only if the person trespasses in a knowing or willful manner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For each sika deer or antlered white–tailed deer that obtains a score of 150 gross inches or less, as measured by the Boone and Crockett Club’s scoring system for white–tailed deer, a person convicted of poaching deer shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Pay restitution of not less than $2,000 but not exceeding $5,000, in an amount deemed reasonable by the court; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Perform 80 hours of community service.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For each antlered white–tailed deer that obtains a score of more than 150 gross inches, as measured by the Boone and Crockett Club’s scoring system for white–tailed deer, a person convicted of poaching deer shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Pay restitution of not less than $5,000 but not exceeding $10,000, in an amount deemed reasonable by the court; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Perform 80 hours of community service.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For each antlerless white–tailed deer, a person convicted of poaching deer shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Pay restitution of not less than $300 but not exceeding $500, in an amount deemed reasonable by the court; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Perform 40 hours of community service.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The restitution collected under this section shall be credited to the State Wildlife Management and Protection Fund, established under § 10–209 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department shall adopt regulations to implement this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
