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<chapter num="05" heading="Criteria for Certain Activities on Private Property" title_num="08" subtitle_num="01">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Posting Against Trespassing.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Criminal Law Article, Title 6, Subtitle 4, Annotated Code of Maryland, requires that in order to institute proceedings for trespassing under Criminal Law Article, Title 6, Subtitle 4, the owner or tenant of any private property shall have posted the property against unlawful entry or trespass.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The requirement is that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Signs shall be placed where they may reasonably be seen; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Identifying paint marks on trees or posts shall be placed at each road entrance and adjacent to public roadways, public waterways, and any other lands adjoining the property. For purposes of this regulation, a paint mark shall be:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>A vertical line at least 2 inches in width, and at least 8 inches in length,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Centered at least 3 feet, but not more than 6 feet from the ground, or from the water surface at its mean high tide for tidal water, or its normal level for nontidal water,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Readily visible to a person with normal eyesight who approaches the property, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Bright blue oil base paint.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Criminal Law Article, Title 6, Subtitle 4, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 adopted as an emergency provision effective February 16, 1990 (17:5 Md. R. 633); adopted permanently effective June 11, 1990 (17:11 Md. R. 1340)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A amended effective September 6, 1999 (26:18 Md. R. 1375)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>