§ 7-104. General theft provisions
West's Annotated Code of MarylandCriminal LawEffective: October 1, 2017
Effective: October 1, 2017
MD Code, Criminal Law, § 7-104
Formerly cited as MD CODE Art. 27, § 340; MD CODE Art. 27, § 342
§ 7-104. General theft provisions
(a) A person may not willfully or knowingly obtain or exert unauthorized control over property, if the person:
(b) A person may not obtain control over property by willfully or knowingly using deception, if the person:
(c)(1) A person may not possess stolen personal property knowing that it has been stolen, or believing that it probably has been stolen, if the person:
(4) Unless the person who criminally possesses stolen property participated in the stealing, the person who criminally possesses stolen property and a person who has stolen the property are not accomplices in theft for the purpose of any rule of evidence requiring corroboration of the testimony of an accomplice.
(d) A person may not obtain control over property knowing that the property was lost, mislaid, or was delivered under a mistake as to the identity of the recipient or nature or amount of the property, if the person:
(e) A person may not obtain the services of another that are available only for compensation:
(f) Under this section, an offender's intention or knowledge that a promise would not be performed may not be established by or inferred solely from the fact that the promise was not performed.
(g)(1) A person convicted of theft of property or services with a value of:
(h)(1) If a person is convicted of a violation under this section for failure to pay for motor fuel after the motor fuel was dispensed into a vehicle, the court shall:
(i) An action or prosecution for a violation of subsection (g)(2) or (3) of this section shall be commenced within 2 years after the commission of the crime.
Credits
Added by Acts 2002, c. 26, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2002. Amended by Acts 2002, c. 161, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2002, c. 496, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2003, c. 370, §§ 1, 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2003; Acts 2004, c. 130, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2004; Acts 2004, c. 157, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2004; Acts 2005, c. 25, § 1, eff. April 12, 2005; Acts 2008, c. 36, § 1, eff. April 8, 2008; Acts 2008, c. 393, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Acts 2008, c. 394, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Acts 2009, c. 655, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2009; Acts 2012, c. 29, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2012, c. 30, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2016, c. 515, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.
MD Code, Criminal Law, § 7-104, MD CRIM LAW § 7-104
Current with legislation effective through July 1, 2023, from the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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