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Home » US Law » 2022 Maryland Statutes » Commercial Law » Title 18 - Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions » Subtitle 2 - Bills of Lading » Section 18-204 – Inducing Carrier to Issue Bill of Lading for Goods Not Received

    A person may not secure the issuance by a carrier of a bill of lading by inducing an officer, agent, or employee of the carrier to believe falsely that the goods were received by the carrier or are under its control:

        (1)    With intent to defraud; and

        (2)    With knowledge that, at the time the bill of lading is issued, any of the goods described in the bill of lading as received for transportation:

            (i)    Have not been received by the carrier, its agent, or a connecting carrier; or

            (ii)    Are not under the carrier’s control.