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Home » US Law » 2022 Maryland Statutes » Criminal Law » Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes » Subtitle 7 - Crimes Against Estates

Section 8-701 – Embezzling, Altering Will or Record

    (a)    A person may not willfully or corruptly embezzle, steal, destroy, withdraw, impair, or alter a will, codicil, deed, land patent or assignment of a land patent, or a writ of administration, return, record, or part of any of those documents if as a result of that act the estate or right of any person may […]

Section 8-702 – Destroying Will

    (a)    Unless the maker of a will gives instruction to the person keeping the will for safe custody, a person who receives a will for safe custody may not:         (1)    destroy the will; or         (2)    after the person learns of the death of the maker, willfully hide the will for a period of 6 months.     (b)    A person who […]