# Public Safety (GPS)

## Title 3. Law Enforcement

### Subtitle 4. Maryland Railroad Police Act

#### Section 3-401

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)

  (1) "Railroad company" means a railway company or corporation, together with its subsidiaries, corporate affiliates, and parent companies, that is engaged as a common carrier in the furnishing or sale of transportation subject to Subtitle IV of Title 49 of the United States Code.

  (2) "Railroad company" includes a corporation the title of which contains a combination of words similar to "railway company".

(c) "Railroad police officer" means an individual appointed by the Governor to act as a police officer for a railroad company under this subtitle.

(d) "Secretary" means the Secretary of State Police.

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