Section 10-626 – Killing or Harming Service Animals — Punishment
(a) In this section, “service animal” has the meaning stated in § 7–701 of the Human Services Article. (b) A person may not willfully and maliciously: (1) kill a service animal or allow an animal that the person owns or over which the person has immediate control to kill a service animal; (2) injure a service animal or allow […]
Section 10-701 – “Flag” Defined
In this subtitle, “flag” includes any size flag, standard, color, ensign, or shield made of any substance or represented or produced on any substance, that purports to be a flag, standard, color, ensign, or shield of the United States or of this State.
Section 10-702 – Scope of Subtitle
This subtitle does not apply to: (1) an act allowed by the statutes of the United States or of this State, or by the regulations of the armed forces of the United States; or (2) a document or product, stationery, ornament, picture, apparel, or jewelry that depicts a flag without a design or words on the flag […]
Section 10-704 – Mutilation
(a) A person may not intentionally mutilate, deface, destroy, burn, trample, or use a flag: (1) in a manner intended to incite or produce an imminent breach of the peace; and (2) under circumstances likely to incite or produce an imminent breach of the peace. (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on […]
Section 10-705 – Construction of Subtitle
This subtitle shall be construed to carry out its general purpose and to make uniform the laws of the states that enact it.
Section 10-706 – Short Title
This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Flag Law.
Section 11-101 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Advertising purposes” means the purpose of propagandizing in connection with the commercial: (1) sale of a product; (2) offering of a service; or (3) exhibition of entertainment. (c) “Sadomasochistic abuse” means: (1) flagellation or torture committed by or inflicted on an individual who is: (i) nude; (ii) wearing only undergarments; or (iii) wearing […]
Section 11-102 – Adult Sexual Displays — Selling or Offering to Sell to Minor
(a) A person may not knowingly sell or offer to sell to a minor: (1) a picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture, film, or other visual representation or image of an individual or portion of the human body that depicts sadomasochistic abuse, sexual conduct, or sexual excitement; (2) a book, magazine, paperback, pamphlet, or other written or printed […]
Section 11-103 – Adult Sexual Displays — Exhibition to Minors
(a) This section applies to a motion picture show or other presentation, whether animated or live, that wholly or partly: (1) depicts or reveals: (i) sadomasochistic abuse; (ii) sexual conduct; or (iii) sexual excitement; or (2) includes obscene material or explicit verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual conduct. (b) For monetary consideration or other valuable commodity or service, a person may […]
Section 11-104 – Adult Sexual Displays — Allowing Minors to Enter or Remain on Premises
(a) A person who operates or is employed in a sales, cashier, or managerial capacity in a retail establishment may not knowingly allow a minor without the presence of the minor’s parent or guardian to enter or remain on any premises where an item or activity detailed in § 11-102(a) of this subtitle is shown, displayed, […]