Section 8-504 - Fraudulent statement in application. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-504. Fraudulent statement in application.
 

(a)  Signature required on application.- An application for money, property, food stamps, or other assistance, under a nutritional program based on need or a social program financed in whole or in part by the State, and administered by the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, or a local department of social services, whether under this or any other article of the Code, shall be in writing and signed by the applicant. 

(b)  Prohibited.- A person may not make a false or fraudulent statement with the intent to obtain money, property, food stamps, or other assistance in making and signing the application required in subsection (a) of this section. 

(c)  Penalty.- A person who violates this section is guilty of the misdemeanor of perjury and on conviction is subject to the penalties provided for perjury in § 9-101 of this article. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 230A(c); 2002, ch. 26, § 2.]