# Public Safety (GPS)

## Title 14. Emergency Management

### Subtitle 10. Riots

#### Section 14-1001

(a) In this section, "structure" means:

  (1) a church, chapel, or convent;

  (2) a dwelling;

  (3) a building used or designed as a place to transact business or store property;

  (4) a barn, stable, or other outbuilding; or

  (5) a ship, shipyard, or lumberyard.

(b) Subject to Sec. 14-1002 of this subtitle, if a structure or personal property is stolen, damaged, or destroyed in a riot, the injured party may recover actual damages sustained in a civil action against the county or municipal corporation of the State in which the riot occurred.

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