Section 10-703 - Marked flag and merchandise. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-703. Marked flag and merchandise.
 

(a)  Scope of section.- This section applies to a flag of the United States or of this State, or a flag that is authorized by law of the United States or of this State. 

(b)  Prohibited - Advertising marking.- For exhibition or display, a person may not place or cause to be placed a word, figure, mark, picture, design, or advertisement of any nature on a flag. 

(c)  Same - Public display of marked flag.- A person may not publicly exhibit a flag with a word, figure, mark, picture, design, or advertisement printed, painted, or produced on or attached to the flag. 

(d)  Same - Merchandise marked with flag.- A person may not publicly display for sale, manufacture, or otherwise, or sell, give, or possess for sale or for use as a gift or for any other purpose, an article of merchandise or receptacle on which a flag is produced or attached to advertise, decorate, or mark the merchandise. 

(e)  Penalty.- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, §§ 82, 85; 2002, ch. 26, § 2.]