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Subtitle 1 - Definitions
Section 6-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...
Subtitle 2 - State Fire Prevention Commission
Section 6-201 - Established - There is a State Fire Prevention Commission in the Department.
Section 6-202 - Membership - (a) (1) The Commission consists of nine members. (2) Of...
Section 6-203 - Officers - (a) The Commission shall elect a chairman and vice chairman...
Section 6-204 - Quorum; Meetings; Compensation - (a) (1) A majority of the authorized membership of the...
Section 6-205 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties - (a) The Commission may make recommendations to the Secretary about...
Section 6-206 - Regulations - (a) (1) (i) To protect life and property from the...
Section 6-207 - Authority of Secretary - The exercise of all powers and authority and the performance...
Subtitle 3 - State Fire Marshal
Section 6-301 - Office Established - There is an office of State Fire Marshal in the...
Section 6-302 - State Fire Marshal - (a) The Secretary shall appoint a State Fire Marshal from...
Section 6-303 - Staff - (a) The State Fire Marshal may employ a staff in...
Section 6-304 - Assistant and Special Assistant State Fire Marshals - (a) (1) A county or municipal corporation of the State...
Section 6-305 - General Powers and Duties of State Fire Marshal - (a) The State Fire Marshal shall enforce: (1) all laws...
Section 6-306 - Criminal History Records Check of Firefighters, Rescue Squad Members, and Paramedics - (a) (1) Subject to Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the...
Section 6-307 - Inspections - (a) (1) The State Fire Marshal shall inspect for fire...
Section 6-308 - Fees - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...
Section 6-309 - Investigations - (a) At any time, the State Fire Marshal may investigate...
Section 6-310 - Testimony - (a) (1) The State Fire Marshal may: (i) take the...
Section 6-311 - Arrests - (a) If in the judgment of the State Fire Marshal...
Section 6-312 - Written Reports of Investigations - (a) At the request of the governing body of a...
Section 6-315 - Administrative Search Warrants -- for Fire Investigations - (a) The State Fire Marshal, a designee of the State...
Section 6-316 - Administrative Search Warrants -- for Fire Prevention Inspections - (a) The State Fire Marshal, a designee of the State...
Section 6-317 - Maintenance of Fire Hazard Prohibited - (a) A person may not erect, construct, reconstruct, alter, maintain,...
Section 6-318 - Abatement Orders -- in General - (a) The State Fire Marshal may issue a reasonable abatement...
Section 6-319 - Abatement Orders -- Service of Order - (a) An abatement order directed to the occupant of the...
Section 6-320 - Abatement Orders -- Failure to Comply With Order - (a) If an owner or occupant of a building, structure,...
Section 6-321 - Additional Remedies - If a building, structure, or equipment is or is proposed...
Section 6-322 - Authority of Secretary - The exercise of all powers and authority and the performance...
Subtitle 4 - Baltimore City
Section 6-401 - Applicability in Baltimore City - The powers, duties, and jurisdiction conferred by this article on...
Section 6-402 - Assistance From Commission and State Fire Marshal - On request of the chief of the Baltimore City Fire...
Section 6-403 - Reports by Baltimore City Fire Department - The Baltimore City Fire Department shall report to the appropriate...
Subtitle 5 - Appeals
Section 6-501 - Right to File Appeal - An appeal to the Commission may be taken by: (1)...
Section 6-502 - Procedure - The time within which an appeal under § 6-501 of...
Section 6-503 - Judicial Review - A party who is aggrieved by a final decision of...
Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties
Section 6-601 - Violation of Title or Regulation - (a) A person may not knowingly violate this title or...
Section 6-602 - Interference, Obstruction, or False Representation - (a) A person may not willfully interfere with or obstruct...