Section 6-306 - Serial number - Alteration and sale of good. - Maryland Statutes

§ 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.]