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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="13-411.1" title_number="13" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Registration of Vehicles">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “registration plate cover” means any tinted, colored, painted, marked, or illuminated object that is designed to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Obscure or block any of the characters of a vehicle’s registration plate; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Distort a recorded image of any of the characters of a vehicle’s registration plate recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system under § 21–202.1 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person may not sell or offer for sale a registration plate cover.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may not advertise for the purpose of promoting the sale of registration plate covers.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person may not advertise for or promote the sale of an unlawful registration plate cover by falsely claiming that the registration plate cover is lawful in the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A violation of subsection (c)(2) of this section is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>An unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of Title 13 of the Commercial Law Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In addition to the penalty under § 27–101 of this article, subject to the enforcement and penalty provisions contained in Title 13 of the Commercial Law Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
