Md. Code, Criminal Law § 9-704
This is the official text of Md. Code, Criminal Law § 9-704, part of Maryland’s Code, Criminal Law — defines crimes and punishments in Maryland.
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§9–704.
Official statutory text
(a) This section applies to a person possessing an identification badge or identification card required for employment or visitation that is issued by:
(1) a unit of the State or a county, municipal corporation, special taxing district, or public corporation of the State; or
(2) a person that owns or operates in the State:
(i) a factory or warehouse or a manufacturing, printing, publishing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment or a plant of any kind;
(ii) a mine or quarry;
(iii) a railway; or
(iv) a water, sewage, gas, electric, transmission, heating, refrigerating, telephone, or other publicly owned or public service company.
(b) A person shall surrender each identification badge or identification card to its issuer when the person’s employment or authorized visit ends.
(c) A person may not knowingly possess an identification badge or identification card after the person’s employment or authorized visit ends.
(d) A person who willfully violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
(1) a unit of the State or a county, municipal corporation, special taxing district, or public corporation of the State; or
(2) a person that owns or operates in the State:
(i) a factory or warehouse or a manufacturing, printing, publishing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment or a plant of any kind;
(ii) a mine or quarry;
(iii) a railway; or
(iv) a water, sewage, gas, electric, transmission, heating, refrigerating, telephone, or other publicly owned or public service company.
(b) A person shall surrender each identification badge or identification card to its issuer when the person’s employment or authorized visit ends.
(c) A person may not knowingly possess an identification badge or identification card after the person’s employment or authorized visit ends.
(d) A person who willfully violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
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