Section 4-227 - Liability of carrier. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-227. Liability of carrier.
 

No carrier is subject to any of the penalties of this subtitle, except the penalties for a violation of § 4-206, § 4-213, § 4-214, or § 4-215 of this subtitle, if he receives, carries, holds, or delivers in the usual course of business as a carrier, poultry or poultry products owned by another person, unless: 

(1) The carrier has knowledge or is in possession of facts which would cause a reasonable person to believe any article was not inspected or marked pursuant to this subtitle, or the article is not eligible for transportation in intrastate commerce; or 

(2) The carrier refuses to furnish, on request of the Secretary, the name and address of the person from whom he received the article or a copy of any document pertaining to the delivery of the article to the carrier. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 197-13; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 6, § 1; 2007, ch. 5, § 7.]