# Transportation (GTR)

## Title 21. Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road

### Subtitle 1. Definitions; General Provisions

#### Section 21-103

(a)

  (1) A person may not willfully disobey any lawful order or direction of any police officer.

  (2) This subsection may not be construed to authorize a police officer at a motor vehicle checkpoint, as defined in Sec. 25-114 of this article, to target only motorcycles for inspection or evaluation, except as appropriate at a police checkpoint established as part of a police search or investigation.

(b)

  (1) A police officer may summon witnesses to testify under oath on any charge brought under the Maryland Vehicle Law.

  (2) A person may not willfully disobey a summons.

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