{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-criminal-law-6-303","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Criminal Law § 6–303","heading":"","body":"(a) In this section, “electric company” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Public Utilities Article.\n(b) This section does not apply to:\n(1) an employee of or a person authorized by an electric company; and\n(2) supervision and control of an electric company and its material, equipment, or facilities by the political subdivision within which the electric company is doing business.\n(c) A person may not willfully:\n(1) tamper or interfere with the material, equipment, or facilities of an electric company;\n(2) make a connection with an electrical conductor to use the electricity; or\n(3) tamper with a meter used to register electricity consumed.\n(d) Prima facie evidence of intent to violate this section by a person who uses or directly benefits from the use or diversion of electricity includes:\n(1) a connection, wire, conductor, meter alteration, or other device that diverts electricity without the electric current being registered by the meter installed by the electric company that supplies the electricity;\n(2) the use of electricity supplied by an electric company without the electricity being registered on a meter that the electric company supplied; and\n(3) a showing by a check or test meter used by the electric company that a customer uses more electricity than is registered on the meter that the electric company supplied for the customer’s premises.\n(e) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.","path":["Article - Criminal Law"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcr\u0026section=6-303","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:08Z","sha256":"0defd20e3fa35347a3c98c2fc89abe769ec44de20d52a4eb59b2cfa85668d13c","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-criminal-law-6-302","next":"us-md/md.-code-criminal-law-6-304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}