Maryland Statutes
Criminal Law
Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes

Section 8-105 - Obtaining Property or Services by Bad Check -- Limitation on Prosecution - (a) A person who obtains property or services by issuing...

Section 8-106 - Penalty - (a) (1) A person who obtains property or services with...

Section 8-107 - Penalty -- Restoration of Property; Restitution; Collection Fee - In addition to the penalties provided in § 8-106 of...

Section 8-108 - Paying Court Fines or Costs With Bad Check - (a) A person may not pay a fine or cost...

Subtitle 2 - Credit Card Crimes

Part I - General Provisions

Section 8-201 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 8-202 - Rules of Construction - (a) If a person violates §§ 8-203 through 8-209 of...

Section 8-203 - Fraud in Procuring Issuance of Credit Card - (a) A person may not make or cause to be...

Section 8-204 - Credit Card Theft - (a) (1) A person may not: (i) take a credit...

Section 8-205 - Credit Card Counterfeiting - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 8-206 - Obtaining Property by Counterfeiting, Theft, or Misrepresentation - (a) A person may not for the purpose of obtaining...

Section 8-207 - Fraud -- Honoring Stolen or Counterfeit Credit Card; False Representation to Issuer - (a) If a person is authorized by an issuer to...

Section 8-208 - Completing Credit Card Without Consent; Possessing Contrivance to Reproduce Credit Card Without Consent - (a) In this section, “incomplete credit card” means a credit...

Section 8-209 - Receiving Property by Stolen, Counterfeit, or Misrepresented Credit Card - (a) A person may not receive money, goods, services, or...

Section 8-210 - Publishing Number or Code of Telephone Credit Card - (a) In this section, “publish” means to communicate information to...

Section 8-211 - Prohibited Defenses; Lesser Included Crime Status Not Available - (a) It is not a defense to a crime under...

Part II - Credit Card Number Protection

Section 8-213 - Definitions - (a) In this part the following words have the meanings...

Section 8-214 - Prohibited -- Unauthorized Use or Disclosure - (a) A person may not use or disclose any credit...

Section 8-214.1 - Use of Affidavit by Credit Cardholder in Criminal Case or Juvenile Proceeding - (a) In a criminal case or juvenile proceeding involving a...

Section 8-216 - Criminal Penalty - A person who violates this part is guilty of a...

Section 8-217 - Civil Penalty; Injunction - (a) (1) The Attorney General may institute a civil action...

Subtitle 3 - Identity Fraud

Section 8-301 - Identity Fraud - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 8-302 - Blank or Incorrect Identification Card - (a) In this section, “offer for sale” includes to induce,...

Section 8-303 - Government Identification Document - (a) In this section, “government identification document” means one of...

Section 8-304 - Report - (a) A person who knows or reasonably suspects that the...

Section 8-305 - Identity Theft Passports - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Subtitle 4 - Other Commercial Fraud

Section 8-401 - Fraudulent Conversion of Partnership Assets - (a) A partner may not with fraudulent intent: (1) convert...

Section 8-402 - Fraudulent Misrepresentation by Corporate Officer or Agent - (a) With intent to defraud, an officer or agent of...

Section 8-403 - Removal of Personal Property - (a) A debtor who possesses personal property that is subject...

Section 8-404 - Pyramid Promotional Schemes - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 8-405 - Wrongful Disposal of Vessel Cargo - (a) This section applies only to a person employed in...

Section 8-406 - Misuse of Documents of Title - (a) A person, on the person’s own behalf or on...

Section 8-407 - Fraudulent Conversion of Leased or Rented Good - (a) This section applies to a written contract or written...

Section 8-408 - Unlawful Subleasing of Motor Vehicles - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Subtitle 5 - Public Fraud

Part I - Public Assistance Fraud

Section 8-501 - "Fraud" Defined - In this part, “fraud” includes: (1) the willful making of...

Section 8-502 - Scope of Part - This part does not apply to a violation of Part...

Section 8-503 - Public Assistance Fraud - (a) This section applies to money, property, food stamps, or...

Section 8-504 - Fraudulent Statement in Application - (a) An application for money, property, food stamps, or other...

Section 8-505 - Public Assistance -- Conversion of Donated Food - (a) A person with intent to defraud may not make...

Part II - Medicaid Fraud

Section 8-508 - Definitions - (a) In this part the following words have the meanings...

Section 8-509 - Defrauding State Health Plan - A person may not: (1) knowingly and willfully defraud or...

Section 8-510 - Conversion - A person who has applied for or received a benefit...

Section 8-511 - Bribe or Kickback - A person may not: (1) provide to another individual items...

Section 8-512 - Referral Rebate - A person may not solicit, offer, make, or receive a...

Section 8-513 - False Representation for Qualification - A person may not knowingly and willfully make, cause to...

Section 8-514 - Obtaining Benefit by Fraud - A person may not knowingly and willfully obtain, attempt to...

Section 8-515 - Unauthorized Possession of Benefit Card - A person may not knowingly and willfully possess a medical...

Section 8-516 - Criminal Penalty - (a) If a violation of this part results in the...

Section 8-517 - Civil Penalty - (a) A health care provider who violates a provision of...

Part III - Other Public Fraud

Section 8-520 - Fundraising - (a) In this section, “public safety officer” means: (1) a...

Section 8-521 - Fraudulently Obtaining Legal Representation From Public Defender's Office - (a) A person may not obtain or attempt to obtain...

Section 8-522 - Use of Simulated Documents to Induce Payment - (a) This section applies to a simulated document even if...

Section 8-523 - Housing Assistance -- Knowingly Making False Statement - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Subtitle 6 - Counterfeiting and Related Crimes

Section 8-601 - Counterfeiting of Private Instruments and Documents - (a) A person, with intent to defraud another, may not...

Section 8-602 - Issuing Counterfeit Private Instruments and Documents - (a) A person, with intent to defraud another, may not...

Section 8-603 - Possessing Counterfeit Title to Motor Vehicle - (a) A person may not knowingly possess, with unlawful intent,...

Section 8-604 - Counterfeiting United States Currency With Intent to Defraud - (a) A person may not, with intent to defraud: (1)...

Section 8-604.1 - Possessing or Issuing Counterfeit United States Currency - (a) A person may not knowingly possess, with unlawful intent,...

Section 8-605 - Counterfeiting of Public Documents - (a) (1) A person may not counterfeit, cause to be...

Section 8-606 - Making False Entries in Public Records and Related Crimes - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 8-606.1 - Forging, Falsifying, or Counterfeiting Signature of Judge, Court Officer, or Court Employee - (a) A person may not: (1) forge, falsify, or counterfeit...

Section 8-607 - Counterfeiting Public Seal - (a) In this section, “public seal” means: (1) the great...

Section 8-608 - Counterfeiting Stamp of Comptroller - (a) A person may not: (1) counterfeit the stamp of...

Section 8-609 - Counterfeiting of Orders for Money or Goods - (a) In this section, “order for money or goods” means...

Section 8-610 - Counterfeiting Prescription - (a) In this section, “prescription” includes an order, paper, and...

Section 8-611 - Trademark Counterfeiting - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 8-612 - Counterfeiting and Issuing of Tokens - (a) In this section, “token” means a ticket, coupon, coin,...

Section 8-613 - Unlawful Operation of Vending Machines and Related Manufacture of Slugs - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Subtitle 7 - Crimes Against Estates

Section 8-701 - Embezzling, Altering Will or Record - (a) A person may not willfully or corruptly embezzle, steal,...

Section 8-702 - Destroying Will - (a) Unless the maker of a will gives instruction to...

Subtitle 8 - Financial Crimes Against Vulnerable Adults

Section 8-801 - Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults Prohibited - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Fraud

Section 8-901 - Livestock Breed Certificate Not Provided - (a) A person may not fail to furnish to the...

Section 8-902 - Methyl Alcohol in Medication - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 8-903 - Unauthorized Carrier Transfer Ticket - (a) (1) A person may not intentionally issue, sell, or...

Section 8-904 - Racing Horse Under False Name - (a) A person knowingly may not enter or race a...

Section 8-905 - Counterfeit Pari-Mutuel Betting Tickets - (a) A person may not knowingly present for payoff, or...

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Maryland Statutes Criminal Law Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes

Maryland Statutes
Criminal Law
Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes