Section 4-108 - Charging document for crimes involving instruments. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-108. Charging document for crimes involving instruments.
 

(a)  Description of instrument.- In making an averment as to an instrument, whether the instrument consists wholly or partly of writing, print, or figures, a charging document may describe the instrument by its usual name or designation or by its purport, without setting out a copy of the instrument or part of the instrument. 

(b)  Using false instruments.-  

(1) This subsection applies to a charging document for: 

(i) counterfeiting, issuing, disposing of, altering, stealing, embezzling, destroying, or passing any kind of instrument; or 

(ii) theft by the obtaining of property by false pretenses. 

(2) A charging document is sufficient if the charging document alleges that the defendant acted with the intent to defraud, without alleging the intent of the defendant to defraud any particular person. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 612; 2001, ch. 10, § 2; 2002, ch. 213, § 6.]