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MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 2 - Burglary and Related Crimes|Section 6-201 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Break” retains its judicially determined meaning except to the extent that its meaning is expressly or impliedly changed in this subtitle.    (c)    (1)    “Burglar’s tool” means a tool, instrument, or device adapted, designed, or used to commit or facilitate the commission of a burglary crime.        (2)    “Burglar’s tool” includes:            (i)    a picklock, key, crowbar, prybar, jack, or bit;            (ii)    explosive material including nitroglycerine, dynamite, or gunpowder; and            (iii)    a device capable of burning through metal, concrete, or other solid material, including an acetylene torch, electric arc, burning bar, thermal lance, or oxygen lance.    (d)    “Crime of violence” has the meaning stated in § 14-101 of this article.    (e)    “Dwelling” retains its judicially determined meaning except to the extent that its meaning is expressly or impliedly changed in this subtitle.    (f)    “Enter” retains its judicially determined meaning except to the extent that its meaning is expressly or impliedly changed in this subtitle.    (g)    (1)    “Firearm” includes:            (i)    a handgun, antique firearm, rifle, shotgun, short-barreled shotgun, and short-barreled rifle, as those terms are defined in § 4-201 of this article;            (ii)    a machine gun, as defined in § 4-401 of this article; and            (iii)    a regulated firearm, as defined in § 5-101 of the Public Safety Article.        (2)    “Firearm” does not include a firearm that has been modified to be permanently inoperative.    (h)    (1)    “Storehouse” retains its judicially determined meaning.        (2)    “Storehouse” includes:            (i)    a building or other construction, or a watercraft;            (ii)    a barn, stable, pier, wharf, and any facility attached to a pier or wharf;            (iii)    a storeroom or public building; and            (iv)    a trailer, aircraft, vessel, or railroad car.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 2 - Burglary and Related Crimes|Section 6-202 - Burglary in the First Degree

    (a)    A person may not break and enter the dwelling of another with the intent to commit theft.    (b)    A person may not break and enter the dwelling of another with the intent to commit a crime of violence.    (c)    A person who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of the felony of burglary in the first degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years.    (d)    A person who violates subsection (b) of this section is guilty of the felony of home invasion and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 25 years.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 2 - Burglary and Related Crimes|Section 6-203 - Burglary in the Second Degree

    (a)    A person may not break and enter the storehouse of another with the intent to commit theft, a crime of violence, or arson in the second degree.    (b)    A person may not break and enter the storehouse of another with the intent to steal, take, or carry away a firearm.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of burglary in the second degree and on conviction is subject to:        (1)    for a violation of subsection (a) of this section, imprisonment not exceeding 15 years; and        (2)    for a violation of subsection (b) of this section, imprisonment not exceeding 20 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 2 - Burglary and Related Crimes|Section 6-204 - Burglary in the Third Degree

    (a)    A person may not break and enter the dwelling of another with the intent to commit a crime.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of burglary in the third degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-205 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 2 - Burglary and Related Crimes|Section 6-205 - Burglary in the Fourth Degree

    (a)    A person may not break and enter the dwelling of another.    (b)    A person may not break and enter the storehouse of another.    (c)    A person, with the intent to commit theft, may not be in or on:        (1)    the dwelling or storehouse of another; or        (2)    a yard, garden, or other area belonging to the dwelling or storehouse of another.    (d)    A person may not possess a burglar’s tool with the intent to use or allow the use of the burglar’s tool in the commission of a violation of this subtitle.    (e)    A person who violates this section is guilty of the misdemeanor of burglary in the fourth degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years.    (f)    A person who is convicted of violating § 7-104 of this article may not also be convicted of violating subsection (c) of this section based on the act establishing the violation of § 7-104 of this article.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-206 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 2 - Burglary and Related Crimes|Section 6-206 - Breaking and Entering Motor Vehicle -- Rogue and Vagabond

    (a)    A person may not possess a burglar’s tool with the intent to use or allow the use of the burglar’s tool in the commission of a crime involving the breaking and entering of a motor vehicle.    (b)    A person may not be in or on the motor vehicle of another with the intent to commit theft of the motor vehicle or property that is in or on the motor vehicle.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, shall be considered a rogue and vagabond, and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-207 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 2 - Burglary and Related Crimes|Section 6-207 - Burglary With Destructive Device

    (a)    A person may not open or attempt to open a vault, safe, or other secure repository by the use of a destructive device, as defined in § 4-501 of this article, while committing burglary in the first, second, or third degree.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of burglary with destructive device and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years.    (c)    A sentence imposed for a violation of this section may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence for another crime based on the act establishing the violation of this section.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-208 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 2 - Burglary and Related Crimes|Section 6-208 - Breaking and Entering a Research Facility

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    (i)    “Enclosure” means a building, structure, aircraft, watercraft, or vehicle, and each:                1.    separately secured or occupied portion of it; and                2.    structure appurtenant or connected to it.            (ii)    “Enclosure” includes a trailer and a sleeping car.        (3)    “Research” means a studious and serious inquiry, examination, investigation, or experimentation designed to discover or accumulate data, theories, technologies, or applications for a governmental, scientific, educational, or proprietary purpose.        (4)    “Research facility” means an enclosure or separately secured yard, pad, pond, laboratory, pasture, or pen used to conduct research, house research subjects, or store supplies, records, data, prototypes, or equipment necessary to or derived from research.        (5)    (i)    “Research property” means property, regardless of value, related to research in a research facility.            (ii)    “Research property” includes a sample, specimen, research subject, record, data, test result, or proprietary information.    (b)    A person may not break and enter a research facility without the permission of the research facility with the intent to:        (1)    obtain unauthorized control over research property;        (2)    alter or eradicate research property;        (3)    damage or deface research property;        (4)    move research property in a manner intended to cause harm to it;        (5)    destroy or remove research property; or        (6)    engage in conduct that results in the removal of research property.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-209 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 2 - Burglary and Related Crimes|Section 6-209 - Separate Units -- Separate Violations

    For purposes of prosecution under this subtitle, a unit in a building or structure that is divided into separately owned or leased units may not be considered a separate dwelling or storehouse unless it is objectively apparent that each unit constitutes a separate dwelling or storehouse.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-210 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 2 - Burglary and Related Crimes|Section 6-210 - Charging Document

    (a)    An indictment, information, warrant, or other charging document for burglary or another crime under this subtitle is sufficient if it substantially states:    “(name of defendant) on (date) in (county) did break and enter (describe property) or (describe other crime) in violation of (section violated) against the peace, government, and dignity of the State.”.    (b)    If the general form of indictment or information described in subsection (a) of this section is used to charge a crime under this subtitle in a case in the circuit court, the defendant, on timely demand, is entitled to a bill of particulars.    (c)    A person charged with a violation of § 6-202 of this subtitle may be convicted of a violation of § 6-204 or § 6-205(a) of this subtitle.    (d)    A person charged with a violation of § 6-203 of this subtitle may be convicted of a violation of § 6-205(b) of this subtitle.    (e)    A person charged with a violation of § 6-204 of this subtitle may be convicted of a violation of § 6-205(a) of this subtitle.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 3 - Malicious Destruction and Related Crimes|Section 6-301 - Malicious Destruction -- Generally

    (a)    A person may not willfully and maliciously destroy, injure, or deface the real or personal property of another.    (b)    A person who, in violation of this section, causes damage of at least $1,000 to the property is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.    (c)    A person who, in violation of this section, causes damage of less than $1,000 to the property is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 60 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.    (d)    (1)    For purposes of this subsection, an act of “graffiti” means a permanent drawing, permanent painting, or a permanent mark or inscription on the property of another without the permission of the owner of the property.        (2)    In addition to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the court shall order a person convicted of causing malicious destruction by an act of graffiti to pay restitution or perform community service or both.        (3)    Title 11, Subtitle 6 of the Criminal Procedure Article applies to an order of restitution under this subsection.    (e)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, to determine a penalty, the court may consider as one crime the aggregate value of damage to each property resulting from one scheme or continuing course of conduct.        (2)    If separate acts resulting in damage to the properties of one or more owners are set forth by separate counts in one or more charging documents, the separate counts may not be merged for sentencing.    (f)    (1)    The value of damage is not a substantive element of a crime under this section and need not be stated in the charging document.        (2)    The value of damage shall be based on the evidence and that value shall be applied for the purpose of imposing the penalties established in this section.        (3)    If it cannot be determined from the evidence whether the value of the damage to the property is more or less than $1,000, the value is deemed to be less than $1,000.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 3 - Malicious Destruction and Related Crimes|Section 6-302 - Malicious Destruction -- Throwing Object at Vehicle

    (a)    A person may not willfully throw, shoot, or propel a rock, brick, piece of iron, steel, or other similar metal, or a dangerous missile at or into a vehicle or other means of transportation that is occupied by an individual.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 3 - Malicious Destruction and Related Crimes|Section 6-303 - Public Utility Interference -- Electrical Equipment

    (a)    In this section, “electric company” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Public Utilities Article.    (b)    This section does not apply to:        (1)    an employee of or a person authorized by an electric company; and        (2)    supervision and control of an electric company and its material, equipment, or facilities by the political subdivision within which the electric company is doing business.    (c)    A person may not willfully:        (1)    tamper or interfere with the material, equipment, or facilities of an electric company;        (2)    make a connection with an electrical conductor to use the electricity; or        (3)    tamper with a meter used to register electricity consumed.    (d)    Prima facie evidence of intent to violate this section by a person who uses or directly benefits from the use or diversion of electricity includes:        (1)    a connection, wire, conductor, meter alteration, or other device that diverts electricity without the electric current being registered by the meter installed by the electric company that supplies the electricity;        (2)    the use of electricity supplied by an electric company without the electricity being registered on a meter that the electric company supplied; and        (3)    a showing by a check or test meter used by the electric company that a customer uses more electricity than is registered on the meter that the electric company supplied for the customer’s premises.    (e)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 3 - Malicious Destruction and Related Crimes|Section 6-304 - Public Utility Interference -- Gas Equipment

    (a)    In this section, “gas company” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Public Utilities Article.    (b)    (1)    A person may not wrongfully and maliciously damage, connect, disconnect, tap, or interfere or tamper with material, equipment, or facilities of a gas company.        (2)    A person may not intentionally damage or defraud a gas company by:            (i)    bypassing a meter provided for registering the gas consumed;            (ii)    willfully tampering with, damaging, or preventing the action of a meter to register gas; or            (iii)    causing or procuring a meter to be damaged or altered.    (c)    Prima facie evidence of a violation of this section by the person who would directly benefit from the use of the gas passing through the meter includes:        (1)    a device that allows the use of gas supplied by a gas company without the gas being registered on a meter provided by the gas company; and        (2)    damage or alteration to a meter so as to prevent the action of the meter.    (d)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $250 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 3 - Malicious Destruction and Related Crimes|Section 6-305 - Public Utility Interference -- Water Equipment

    (a)    In this section, “water equipment” includes a canal, spring, reservoir, tunnel, mound, dam, plug, main, pipe, conduit, connection, tap, valve, engine, or machinery.    (b)    This section does not apply to:        (1)    a person who is authorized by the company, municipal corporation, county, or unit of State or local government that uses or supplies water for domestic, agricultural, or manufacturing purposes or an authorized employee of the company, municipal corporation, county, or unit of State or local government; or        (2)    governmental regulation of:            (i)    water equipment; or            (ii)    water companies, as defined in § 1–101 of the Public Utilities Article.    (c)    A person may not wrongfully and maliciously:        (1)    connect, disconnect, tap, interfere or tamper with, or make a connection with water equipment that belongs to a company, municipal corporation, county, or unit of State or local government that uses or supplies water for domestic, agricultural, or manufacturing purposes; or        (2)    tamper with a meter used to register the water consumed.    (d)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-306 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 3 - Malicious Destruction and Related Crimes|Section 6-306 - Serial Number -- Alteration and Sale of Good

    (a)    A person may not remove, deface, or obliterate a manufacturer’s serial number that is punched on or affixed by plate to a manufactured good with the intent to prevent tracing or identifying that good.    (b)    Except as provided in § 14-107(m) of the Transportation Article, a person may not knowingly keep or offer for sale a manufactured good from which the manufacturer’s serial number has been removed, defaced, or obliterated in violation of subsection (a) of this section.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 18 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both for each violation.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-307 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 3 - Malicious Destruction and Related Crimes|Section 6-307 - Serial Number -- Possession and Use

    (a)    A person may not:        (1)    sell or possess a stolen:            (i)    manufactured serial number; or            (ii)    vehicle identification plate or label; or        (2)    possess a manufactured serial number or vehicle identification plate or label if the person intends it to be:            (i)    affixed to stolen property; or            (ii)    used for fraudulent purposes.    (b)    A person who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 18 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both for each violation.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 4 - Trespass|Section 6-401 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    (1)    “Off-road vehicle” means a motorized vehicle designed for or capable of cross-country travel on or immediately over land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain.        (2)    “Off-road vehicle” includes:            (i)    a four-wheel drive or low-pressure-tire vehicle;            (ii)    a motorcycle or a related two-wheel vehicle;            (iii)    an amphibious machine;            (iv)    a ground-effect vehicle; and            (v)    an air-cushion vehicle.    (c)    “Vehicle” has the meaning stated in § 11-176 of the Transportation Article.    (d)    “Wanton” retains its judicially determined meaning.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 4 - Trespass|Section 6-402 - Trespass on Posted Property

    (a)    A person may not enter or trespass on property that is posted conspicuously against trespass by:        (1)    signs placed where they reasonably may be seen; or        (2)    paint marks that:            (i)    conform with regulations that the Department of Natural Resources adopts under § 5–209 of the Natural Resources Article; and            (ii)    are made on trees or posts that are located:                1.    at each road entrance to the property; and                2.    adjacent to public roadways, public waterways, and other land adjoining the property.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:        (1)    for a first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both;        (2)    for a second violation occurring within 2 years after the first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both; and        (3)    for each subsequent violation occurring within 2 years after the preceding violation, imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  6-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 6 - Crimes Against Property|Subtitle 4 - Trespass|Section 6-403 - Wanton Trespass on Private Property

    (a)    A person may not enter or cross over private property or board the boat or other marine vessel of another, after having been notified by the owner or the owner’s agent not to do so, unless entering or crossing under a good faith claim of right or ownership.    (b)    A person may not remain on private property including the boat or other marine vessel of another, after having been notified by the owner or the owner’s agent not to do so.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:        (1)    for a first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both;        (2)    for a second violation occurring within 2 years after the first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both; and        (3)    for each subsequent violation occurring within 2 years after the preceding violation, imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.    (d)    This section prohibits only wanton entry on private property.    (e)    This section also applies to property that is used as a housing project and operated by a housing authority or State public body, as those terms are defined in Division II of the Housing and Community Development Article, if an authorized agent of the housing authority or State public body gives the required notice specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this section.