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MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  17-323 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 17 - Disposition of Abandoned Property|Subtitle 3 - Abandoned Property in This State|Section 17-323 - Enforcement and Penalties

    (a)    Any person who fails to pay or deliver abandoned property to the Administrator as required by this title shall pay a penalty equal to 15 percent of the value of the property. If any person fails to file any report or refuses to deliver property to the Administrator as required by this title, the Administrator may bring an action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction to require the filing of the report and to enforce delivery of the property.    (b)    Any person who willfully fails to render any report or perform any other duty required by this subtitle is subject to a fine of $100 for each day the report is withheld, but not more than $5,000.    (c)    In addition to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any person who willfully refuses to pay or deliver abandoned property to the Administrator as required by this subtitle is subject to a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than six months or both.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  17-324 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 17 - Disposition of Abandoned Property|Subtitle 3 - Abandoned Property in This State|Section 17-324 - Interstate Cooperation

    (a)    The Administrator may enter into agreements with other states to exchange information needed to enable this or another state to audit or otherwise determine unclaimed property that it or another state may be entitled to subject to a claim of custody. The Administrator by rule may require the reporting of information needed to enable compliance with agreements made pursuant to this section and prescribe the form.    (b)    To avoid conflicts between the Administrator’s procedures and the procedures of administrators in other jurisdictions that enact the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, the Administrator, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this subtitle, before adopting, amending, or repealing rules, may advise and consult with administrators in other jurisdictions that enact substantially the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act and take into consideration the rules of administrators in other jurisdictions that enact the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.    (c)    The Administrator may join with other states to seek enforcement of this subtitle against any person who is or may be holding property reportable under this Act.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  17-325 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 17 - Disposition of Abandoned Property|Subtitle 3 - Abandoned Property in This State|Section 17-325 - Agreements to Pay Compensation

    All agreements to pay compensation to recover or assist in the recovery of property made within 24 months of the date the property is paid or delivered to the abandoned property office are unenforceable.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  17-326 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 17 - Disposition of Abandoned Property|Subtitle 3 - Abandoned Property in This State|Section 17-326 - Short Title

    This title may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  17-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 17 - Disposition of Abandoned Property|Subtitle 4 - Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum|Section 17-401 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Address of the lender” means the most recent address of a lender as shown on the museum’s records pertaining to property on loan from the lender.    (c)    (1)    “Conservation measure” means any action taken toward the long–term preservation of property.        (2)    “Conservation measure” includes examination, documentation, treatment, and preventive care of property, supported by research and education.    (d)    “Lender” means a person whose name appears on the records of a museum as the person legally entitled to, or claiming to be legally entitled to, property held by the museum.    (e)    “Loan” means a deposit of property not accompanied by a transfer of title to that property.    (f)    “Museum” means an institution located in the State that:        (1)    Is operated by a person primarily for education, scientific, historic preservation, or aesthetic purposes; and        (2)    Owns, borrows, cares for, exhibits, studies, archives, or catalogs property.    (g)    “Permanent loan” means a loan of property to a museum for an indefinite period.    (h)    “Property” means a tangible object under a museum’s care that has intrinsic historic, artistic, scientific, or cultural value.    (i)    “Undocumented property” means property in the possession of a museum for which the museum cannot determine the owner by reference to the museum’s records.    (j)    “Unsolicited donation” means any property that is left in the control of a museum that is from an unknown source and can be reasonably assumed to have been intended as a gift to the museum.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  17-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 17 - Disposition of Abandoned Property|Subtitle 4 - Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum|Section 17-402 - Acquisition by Museum of Property on Loan -- When Abandonment Presumed

    (a)    (1)    A museum may acquire title to property that is on permanent loan to the museum or that was loaned for a specified term that has expired by giving notice that the museum is terminating the loan of the property.        (2)    In addition to the information required under § 17–408 of this subtitle, the notice required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall contain the following statement:    “The records at (name of museum) indicate that you have property on loan to it. The museum hereby terminates the loan. If you desire to claim the property, you must contact the museum, establish your ownership of the property, and make arrangements to collect the property. If you do not contact the museum within 60 days, you will be considered to have donated the property to the museum.”.        (3)    If, within 60 days after receiving the notice, the lender does not respond by filing a notice of intent to preserve an interest in the property on loan, clear and unrestricted title is transferred to the museum.    (b)    If a loan of property to a museum is not a permanent loan and does not have a specific expiration date, the property is presumed abandoned if, for at least 7 years after the date the museum took possession of the property, there has not been any written communication between the museum and the lender or lender’s designated agent.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  17-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 17 - Disposition of Abandoned Property|Subtitle 4 - Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum|Section 17-403 - Notice Asserting Title to Undocumented Property -- Requirements

    (a)    A museum may acquire title to undocumented property held by the museum for at least 3 years by giving notice that the museum is asserting title to the undocumented property.    (b)    In addition to the information required under § 17–408 of this subtitle, the notice required under subsection (a) of this section shall contain the following statement:    “The records of (name of museum) fail to indicate the owner of record of certain property in its possession. The museum hereby asserts title to the following property: (general description of property). If you claim ownership or other legal interest in this property, you must contact the museum, establish ownership of the property, and make arrangements to collect the property. If you fail to do so within 60 days, you will be considered to have waived any claim you may have had to the property.”.    (c)    If, within 60 days after notice is provided, the lender does not respond by giving written notice of intent to retain an interest in the property on loan, the museum’s title to the property becomes absolute.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  17-404 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 17 - Disposition of Abandoned Property|Subtitle 4 - Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum|Section 17-404 - Notice Asserting Title to Unsolicited Donation -- Requirements

    (a)    (1)    A museum may acquire title to an unsolicited donation found on museum property by giving notice that the museum is asserting title to the unsolicited donation.        (2)    In addition to the information required under § 17–408 of this subtitle, the notice required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall contain the following statement:    “The following property was found at (name of museum) and is presumed to be a donation to the museum. The museum hereby asserts title to the following property: (general description of property). Anyone claiming ownership or other legal interest in this property must contact the museum, establish ownership of the property, and make arrangements to collect the property. If you fail to do so within 60 days of this notice you will have waived any claim to this property.”.        (3)    An unsolicited donation is presumed to be a gift to the museum if ownership is not claimed within 60 days after the notice required under this section.    (b)    Undocumented property found in the collection of a museum is not an unsolicited donation and is subject to § 17–403 of this subtitle.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  17-405 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 17 - Disposition of Abandoned Property|Subtitle 4 - Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum|Section 17-405 - Conservation Measures on Loaned Property -- Lien -- No Liability for Reasonable Care

    (a)    Unless there is an agreement otherwise between the museum and the lender, a museum may apply conservation measures to property on loan to the museum without receiving the lender’s permission or giving the lender formal notice if:        (1)    Action is required to protect the property on loan or other property in the custody of the museum; or        (2)    The property on loan is a hazard to the health and safety of the public or the museum staff.    (b)    If a museum applies conservation measures to property under this section or with the agreement of the lender, unless the agreement provides otherwise, the museum:        (1)    Acquires a lien on the property in the amount of the cost of the conservation measures incurred by the museum; and        (2)    Is not liable for injury to or loss of the property if the museum:            (i)    Had a reasonable belief at the time the conservation measure action was taken that the action was necessary to protect the property on loan or other property in the custody of the museum, or that the property on loan was a hazard to the health and safety of the public or the museum staff; and            (ii)    Exercised reasonable care in the choice and application of conservation measures.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  17-406 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 17 - Disposition of Abandoned Property|Subtitle 4 - Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum|Section 17-406 - Notice Requirements by Museum and Lender

    (a)    (1)    Except as provided in § 17–407 of this subtitle, a museum shall provide the notice required under this subtitle by certified mail to the last known address of the lender.        (2)    The notice requirement is satisfied if the museum receives proof of receipt of the notice within 30 days after the notice was mailed.    (b)    A lender shall provide written notice to the museum of a change in address of:        (1)    The lender; or        (2)    Any designated agent of the lender.    (c)    If the ownership of property on loan to a museum changes while the museum is in possession of the property, the new owner of the property must provide written notice to the museum of:        (1)    The change of ownership of the property; and        (2)    The name and address of the new owner.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  17-407 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 17 - Disposition of Abandoned Property|Subtitle 4 - Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum|Section 17-407 - Notice by Publication

    (a)    A museum may provide the notice required under this subtitle by publication if the museum does not:        (1)    Know the identity of the lender or a designated agent of the lender;        (2)    Know the address of the lender or a designated agent of the lender; or        (3)    Receive proof of receipt of a notice that was sent by certified mail within 30 days after the notice was mailed.    (b)    A notice by publication shall be published at least once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in:        (1)    The county in which the museum is located; and        (2)    If the identity of the lender is known, the county of the lender’s last known address.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  17-408 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 17 - Disposition of Abandoned Property|Subtitle 4 - Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum|Section 17-408 - Information in Notice

    In addition to any other information required under this subtitle, any notice given by a museum under this subtitle shall contain:        (1)    If known, the name of the lender or the designated agent of the lender;        (2)    If known, the last known address of the lender or the designated agent of the lender;        (3)    A brief description of the property on loan;        (4)    If known, the date of the loan;        (5)    The name of the museum; and        (6)    The name, address, and telephone number of the person or office at the museum to contact regarding the property.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  18-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions|Subtitle 1 - Definitions|Section 18-101 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    (1)    “Bill of lading” means a document evidencing the receipt of goods for shipment issued by a person engaged in the business of transporting or forwarding goods.        (2)    “Bill of lading” includes an airbill; that is, a document serving for air transportation as a bill of lading does for marine or rail transportation, and includes an air consignment note or air waybill.    (c)    “Conspicuous” has the meaning stated in § 1-201(10) of this article.    (d)    “Goods” means all things which are treated as moveable for the purposes of a contract of storage or transportation.    (e)    “Person” includes an individual, corporation, business trust, statutory trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity.    (f)    “Warehouse receipt” means a receipt issued by a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire.    (g)    “Warehouseman” means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  18-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Bills of Lading|Section 18-201 - Issuance of Bill of Lading for Goods Not Received

    (a)    A person or his agent or officer may not issue a bill of lading, receipt, acknowledgment, or voucher for transport of any goods if, at the time the instrument is issued, the person has not actually received the goods for transport.    (b)    An officer, agent, or employee of a carrier may not issue or aid in issuing a bill of lading for any goods:        (1)    With intent to defraud; and        (2)    With knowledge that, at the time the bill of lading is issued, the goods:            (i)    Have not been received by the carrier, its agent, or a connecting carrier; or            (ii)    Are not under the carrier’s control.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  18-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Bills of Lading|Section 18-202 - Issuance of Duplicate Bills of Lading Not So Marked

    An officer, agent, or employee of a carrier may not issue or aid in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable bill of lading for any goods in violation of § 7-402 of this article:         (1)    With intent to defraud; and        (2)    With knowledge that the original bill of lading for the goods is outstanding and uncancelled.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  18-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Bills of Lading|Section 18-203 - Negotiation of Bill of Lading When Goods Not in Carrier's Possession

    A person may not negotiate or transfer for value a bill of lading:         (1)    With intent to defraud;        (2)    With knowledge that any of the goods which appear by the terms of the bill of lading to have been received for transportation by the carrier which issued the bill of lading are not in the possession or control of the carrier or a connecting carrier; and        (3)    Without disclosing the lack of possession and control.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  18-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Bills of Lading|Section 18-204 - Inducing Carrier to Issue Bill of Lading for Goods Not Received

    A person may not secure the issuance by a carrier of a bill of lading by inducing an officer, agent, or employee of the carrier to believe falsely that the goods were received by the carrier or are under its control:         (1)    With intent to defraud; and        (2)    With knowledge that, at the time the bill of lading is issued, any of the goods described in the bill of lading as received for transportation:            (i)    Have not been received by the carrier, its agent, or a connecting carrier; or            (ii)    Are not under the carrier’s control.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  18-205 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Bills of Lading|Section 18-205 - Issuance of Nonnegotiable Bill of Lading Not So Marked

    A person with intent to defraud may not issue or aid in issuing a nonnegotiable bill of lading without a conspicuous notation on its face of the words “not negotiable” or “nonnegotiable”.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  18-206 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Bills of Lading|Section 18-206 - Issuance of Bill of Lading Containing False Statement

    An officer, agent, or employee of a carrier may not issue or aid in issuing a bill of lading for goods:         (1)    With intent to defraud; and        (2)    With knowledge that it contains a false statement.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  18-207 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Bills of Lading|Section 18-207 - Negotiation of Bill of Lading for Mortgaged Goods and Goods of Others

    A person may not ship goods to which he has no title or on which there is a lien or security interest and transfer a negotiable bill of lading for the goods for value:         (1)    With intent to defraud; and        (2)    Without disclosing his lack of title or the existence of the lien or security interest.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  18-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions|Subtitle 3 - Warehouse Receipts|Section 18-301 - Issuance of Warehouse Receipt for Goods Not Received

    (a)    A person or his agent or officer may not issue any warehouse receipt, acceptance of an order, or other voucher for storage or deposit in the State of any goods if, at the time the instrument is issued, the goods are not:        (1)    In his actual possession or custody;        (2)    On his premises; or        (3)    Under his absolute and exclusive control.    (b)    A warehouseman or his officer, agent, or employee may not issue or aid in issuing a warehouse receipt for any goods with the knowledge that, at the time the warehouse receipt is issued, the goods:        (1)    Have not been received by the warehouseman; or        (2)    Are not under the control of the warehouseman.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  18-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions|Subtitle 3 - Warehouse Receipts|Section 18-302 - Issuance of Duplicate Warehouse Receipt Not So Marked

    Except as provided by § 7-601 of this article, a warehouseman or his officer, agent, or employee may not issue or aid in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable warehouse receipt for any goods:         (1)    Without a conspicuous notation on its face of the word “duplicate”;        (2)    With knowledge that the original warehouse receipt for the goods is outstanding and uncancelled.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  18-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions|Subtitle 3 - Warehouse Receipts|Section 18-303 - Issuance of Warehouse Receipt Containing False Statement

    A warehouseman or his officer, agent, or employee may not issue or aid in issuing a warehouse receipt for goods:         (1)    With intent to defraud; and        (2)    With the knowledge that it contains a false statement.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  18-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions|Subtitle 3 - Warehouse Receipts|Section 18-304 - Issuance for Warehouseman's Goods of Warehouse Receipts Which Do Not State Ownership

    A warehouseman or his officer, agent, or employee, with the knowledge that any goods deposited with or held by the warehouseman are in fact goods of which the warehouseman, solely, jointly, or in common with others, is an owner, may not issue or aid in issuing a negotiable warehouse receipt for the goods which does not state that ownership.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  18-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions|Subtitle 3 - Warehouse Receipts|Section 18-305 - Delivery of Goods Without Obtaining Negotiable Warehouse Receipt

    Except as provided by § 7-601 of this article, a warehouseman or his officer, agent, or employee may not deliver goods out of the possession of the warehouseman:         (1)    With knowledge that a negotiable warehouse receipt, the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of the goods, is outstanding and uncancelled; and        (2)    Without obtaining the possession of the warehouse receipt at or before the time of the delivery.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  18-306 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions|Subtitle 3 - Warehouse Receipts|Section 18-306 - Negotiation of Warehouse Receipt for Mortgaged Goods and Goods of Others

    A person may not deposit goods to which he has no title or on which there is a lien or security interest and take a negotiable warehouse receipt for the goods and negotiate it for value:         (1)    With intent to defraud; and        (2)    Without disclosing his lack of title or the existence of the lien or security interest.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  18-307 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions|Subtitle 3 - Warehouse Receipts|Section 18-307 - Bonded Warehouses

    A bonded or distillery warehouse, as defined by the federal Tariff Act, located in the State is subject to all provisions of this subtitle not inconsistent with the Tariff Act.