Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 4 - Trespass
Section 6-409 - Refusal or Failure to Leave Public Building or Grounds

(a)    A person may not refuse or fail to leave a public building or grounds, or a specific part of a public building or grounds, during the time when the public building or grounds, or specific part of the public building or grounds, is regularly closed to the public if:
        (1)    the surrounding circumstances would indicate to a reasonable person that the person who refuses or fails to leave has no apparent lawful business to pursue at the public building or grounds; and
        (2)    a regularly employed guard, watchman, or other authorized employee of the government unit that owns, operates, or maintains the public building or grounds asks the person to leave.
    (b)    A person may not refuse or fail to leave a public building or grounds, or a specific part of a public building or grounds, during regular business hours if:
        (1)    the surrounding circumstances would indicate to a reasonable person that the person who refuses or fails to leave:
            (i)    has no apparent lawful business to pursue at the public building or grounds; or
            (ii)    is acting in a manner disruptive of and disturbing to the conduct of normal business by the government unit that owns, operates, or maintains the public building or grounds; and
        (2)    an authorized employee of the government unit asks the person to leave.
    (c)    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 $1,000 or both.

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