Section 25-202 – Abandonment of Vehicles Prohibited; Presumption of Ownership
(a) A person may not abandon a vehicle: (1) On any public property; or (2) On any property other than his own without the permission of the owner or lessee of the property. (b) The last known registered owner of an abandoned vehicle is considered to be the prima facie owner of the vehicle at the time it was […]
Section 25-203 – Police May Take Abandoned Vehicles Into Custody
(a) A police department may take any abandoned vehicle into custody. For this purpose, the police department may use its own personnel, equipment, and facilities or, subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section and except as provided in § 25–115 of this title, use other persons, equipment, and facilities for removing, preserving, and […]
Section 25-105 – Placement of Traffic Control Devices on State Highways
(a) On every highway under its jurisdiction, the State Highway Administration shall place and maintain those traffic control devices that it considers necessary to carry out the provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic. Each of these traffic control devices shall conform to the manual and specifications of the State […]
Section 25-106 – Placement of Local Traffic Control Devices
On every highway under its jurisdiction, a local authority shall place and maintain those traffic control devices that it considers necessary to carry out the provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law or local traffic ordinances or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic. Each of these traffic control devices shall conform to the manual and specifications […]
Section 25-106.1 – Restrictions on Placement of Traffic Control Devices
A person may not install or maintain, in any area of private property used by the public, any sign, signal, marking, or other device intended to regulate, warn, or guide traffic unless it conforms with the State manual and specifications adopted pursuant to § 25-104 of this subtitle.
Section 25-107 – Authority to Require Pedestrian Obedience to Traffic Control Signals
As to any highway under its jurisdiction, a local authority may: (1) Require pedestrians to obey strictly any traffic control signal; and (2) Prohibit pedestrians from crossing, except in a crosswalk: (i) Any roadway in a business district; or (ii) Any designated highway.
Section 25-101 – Applicability of Title 21 Definitions
A word used in this subtitle, unless the context requires otherwise, has the same meaning as is indicated by a definition of the word in § 21-101 of this article.
Section 25-101.1 – Statewide Application of Maryland Vehicle Law; Effect of Local Regulation
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law are statewide in their effect. (b) Except as otherwise expressly authorized in this subsection or by a public local law on the regulation of taxicabs and taxicab drivers or by any public general law, no local authority or political subdivision of this State may: […]
Section 25-102 – Powers of Local Authorities
(a) The provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law do not prevent a local authority, in the reasonable exercise of its police power, from exercising the following powers as to highways under its jurisdiction: (1) Subject to the provisions of § 21–1003.1 of this article, regulating or prohibiting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles; (2) Regulating traffic by […]
Section 25-102.1 – Off-the-Road Motorcycles
(a) (1) In this section, “off-the-road motorcycle” means a motorcycle not otherwise registered under this article. (2) “Off-the-road motorcycle” includes motorcycles designed for off-the-road operation, motorcycles not otherwise eligible for registration under this article, and motorcycles commonly referred to as “dirt bikes”. (b) Each county and Baltimore City may regulate the operation of off-the-road motorcycles, require them to be […]