Section 4-107 - Charging document for violation of ordinance. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-107. Charging document for violation of ordinance.
 

(a)  Copy of ordinance not necessary.- It is not necessary to set forth a copy of an ordinance or a section of an ordinance in a charging document for the violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation, a county, or a special taxing area. 

(b)  Sufficiency of charging document.- A charging document specified in subsection (a) of this section is sufficient if it: 

(1) cites the ordinance alleged to have been violated by date of passage or, if codified, by article and section number; 

(2) conforms to the law governing the framing of charging documents for a violation of an act of the General Assembly; and 

(3) concludes with the words "against the peace, government, and dignity of the State.". 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 615; 2001, ch. 10, § 2.]