Md. Code, Pub. Safety § 13A-1044

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 13A-1044 - Communicating threats
(a) A person subject to this title who wrongfully communicates a threat to injure the person, property, or reputation of another shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b) A person subject to this title who wrongfully communicates a threat to injure the person or property of another by use of an explosive, a weapon of mass destruction, a biological or chemical agent, substance, or weapon, or a hazardous material shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(c)
(1) In this subsection, "false threat" means a threat that, at the time the threat is communicated, is known to be false by the person communicating the threat.
(2) A person subject to this title who maliciously communicates a false threat concerning injury to the person or property of another by use of an explosive, a weapon of mass destruction, a biological or chemical agent, substance, or weapon, or a hazardous material, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Md. Code, PS § 13A-1044

Added by 2020 Md. Laws, Ch. 592,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2020.