Section 16-701 - Defacing or removing records. - Maryland Statutes

§ 16-701. Defacing or removing records.
 

(a)  Person with custody of records.- A person with custody of election records may not willfully and knowingly: 

(1) destroy, deface, falsify, remove, or conceal any record related to voting; 

(2) make a fraudulent entry or alteration, or permit another person to make a fraudulent entry or alteration, of any record related to voting; or 

(3) allow any other person to do the acts prohibited in items (1) and (2) of this subsection. 

(b)  Person not in custody of records.- Any person who does not have custody over election items may not: 

(1) do an act prohibited by subsection (a) of this section; or 

(2) advise, procure, or abet the commission of an act prohibited by subsection (a) of this section. 

(c)  Exception.- This section does not apply to the disposition of obsolete records in the ordinary course of the operation of the State Board or a local board. 

(d)  Each violation a separate offense.- Each violation of this section is a separate offense. 

(e)  Penalties.- A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment for not less than 1 year nor more than 10 years. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 33, § 16-701; 2002, ch. 291, §§ 2, 4.]