Section 8-613 - Unlawful operation of vending machines and related manufacture of slugs. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-613. Unlawful operation of vending machines and related manufacture of slugs.
 

(a)  Definitions.-  

(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(2) "Service" includes the use of telephone or telegraph facilities, gas, electricity, or a musical instrument, phonograph, or other property. 

(3) "Vending machine" includes a slot machine, pay telephone, or other receptacle designed to receive United States currency in connection with the sale or use of property or of a service. 

(b)  Prohibited.- A person may not: 

(1) operate, cause to be operated, or attempt to operate or cause to be operated a vending machine by a means not lawfully authorized by the owner, lessee, or licensee of the vending machine, including by means of a slug or by counterfeit, mutilated, sweated, or foreign currency; 

(2) take, obtain, or receive from or in connection with a vending machine any property or service, without depositing into the vending machine United States currency in the amount required by the owner, lessee, or licensee of the vending machine; or 

(3) manufacture for sale, sell, or give away a slug or device that is intended to be deposited in a vending machine if the person: 

(i) intends to defraud the owner, lessee, licensee, or other person entitled to the contents of the vending machine; or 

(ii) knows that the slug or device is intended for unlawful use. 

(c)  Penalty.- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, §§ 57, 58; 2002, ch. 26, § 2.]