# Public Safety (GPS)

## Title 13A. Maryland Code of Military Justice

### Subtitle 10. Punitive Provisions

#### Section 13A-1017

Any warrant officer or enlisted member shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if the warrant officer or enlisted member: 

(1) strikes or assaults a warrant officer or noncommissioned officer while that officer is in the execution of the officer's office;

(2) willfully disobeys the lawful order of a warrant officer or noncommissioned officer; or

(3) treats with contempt or is disrespectful in language or deportment toward a warrant officer or noncommissioned officer while that officer is in the execution of the officer's office.

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