Section 4-509 - Penalties. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-509. Penalties.
 

(a)  In general.- A person who fails to comply with the relief granted in an interim protective order under § 4-504.1(c)(1), (2), (3), (4)(i), (7), or (8) of this subtitle, a temporary protective order under § 4-505(a)(2)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), or (viii) of this subtitle, or a final protective order under § 4-506(d)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5), or (e) of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject, for each offense, to: 

(1) for a first offense, a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or both; and 

(2) for a second or subsequent offense, a fine not exceeding $2,500 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both. 

(b)  Arrest.- An officer shall arrest with or without a warrant and take into custody a person who the officer has probable cause to believe is in violation of an interim, temporary, or final protective order in effect at the time of the violation. 
 

[1992, ch. 65; 1994, ch. 728; 1995, chs. 9, 10; 1998, ch. 685; 2002, ch. 19, § 1; ch. 235, § 3; 2004, ch. 537; 2009, chs. 488, 489, 490, 491; 2010, chs. 159, 429, 464.]