Section 3-905 – Opening Letter Without Permission
(a) A person may not take and break open a letter that is not addressed to the person without permission from the person to whom the letter is addressed or the personal representative of the addressee’s estate. (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment for […]
Section 3-906 – Divulging or Failing to Deliver Private Communications
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Telegraph company” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Public Utilities Article. (3) “Telegraph lines” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Public Utilities Article. (4) “Telephone company” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Public Utilities Article. (5) “Telephone lines” has […]
Section 3-907 – Publication of Information by Videotape Distributor
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Protected individual” means an individual who buys, rents, or borrows a videotape, video disk, or film from a videotape distributor. (3) “Publish” means to distribute to a person other than the protected individual or an agent of the protected individual. (4) “Videotape distributor” means a retail establishment […]
Section 3-1001 – Threat of Mass Violence Prohibited
(a) This section applies to a threat made by oral or written communication or electronic communication, as defined in § 3–805(a) of this title. (b) A person may not knowingly threaten to commit or threaten to cause to be committed a crime of violence, as defined in § 14–101 of this article, that would place five or […]
Section 3-1101 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Assignation” has the meaning stated in § 11–301 of this article. (c) “Prostitution” has the meaning stated in § 11–301 of this article. (d) “Sexually explicit performance” has the meaning stated in § 11–301 of this article.
Section 3-1102 – Human Trafficking
(a) (1) A person may not knowingly: (i) take or cause another to be taken to any place for prostitution; (ii) place, cause to be placed, or harbor another in any place for prostitution; (iii) persuade, induce, entice, or encourage another to be taken to or placed in any place for prostitution; (iv) receive consideration to procure for or place in […]
Section 3-1103 – Marriage Trafficking
(a) A person may not knowingly: (1) take or detain another with the intent to use force, threat, coercion, or fraud to compel the other to marry any person; (2) receive a financial benefit or thing of value in relation to a violation of this subsection; or (3) aid, abet, or conspire with another to violate this subsection. (b) A […]
Section 3-1201 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Coercion” includes actual or threatened: (1) use of physical force against an individual; (2) restraint, abduction, isolation, or confinement of an individual against the individual’s will and without lawful authority; (3) control or direction of the activity of an individual through debt bondage; (4) destruction, concealment, removal, confiscation, withholding, […]
Section 3-1202 – Labor Trafficking Prohibited
(a) A person may not knowingly: (1) take, place, harbor, persuade, induce, or entice another by force, fraud, or coercion to provide services or labor; or (2) receive a benefit or thing of value from the provision of services or labor by another that was induced by force, fraud, or coercion. (b) A person may not aid or conspire […]
Section 3-1203 – Investigation and Prosecution of Violations
(a) A State’s Attorney or the Attorney General may investigate and prosecute a violation of this subtitle or a violation of any crime based on the act establishing a violation of this subtitle. (b) If the Attorney General exercises authority under subsection (a) of this section, the Attorney General has all the powers and duties of a […]