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Statutes > Maryland > Criminal-law > Title-6 > Subtitle-3 > 6-306§ 6-306. Serial number - Alteration and sale of good.
(a) Prohibited - Alteration.- A person may not remove, deface, or obliterate a manufacturer's serial number that is punched on or affixed by plate to a manufactured good with the intent to prevent tracing or identifying that good.
(b) Same - Sale of good.- Except as provided in § 14-107(m) of the Transportation Article, a person may not knowingly keep or offer for sale a manufactured good from which the manufacturer's serial number has been removed, defaced, or obliterated in violation of subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Penalty.- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 18 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both for each violation.
[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 389(a), (b), (d); 2002, ch. 26, § 2.]
