{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-criminal-law-8-613","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Criminal Law § 8–613","heading":"","body":"(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.\n(2) “Service” includes the use of telephone or telegraph facilities, gas, electricity, or a musical instrument, phonograph, or other property.\n(3) “Vending machine” includes a slot machine, pay telephone, or other receptacle designed to receive United States currency in connection with the sale or use of property or of a service.\n(b) A person may not:\n(1) operate, cause to be operated, or attempt to operate or cause to be operated a vending machine by a means not lawfully authorized by the owner, lessee, or licensee of the vending machine, including by means of a slug or by counterfeit, mutilated, sweated, or foreign currency;\n(2) take, obtain, or receive from or in connection with a vending machine any property or service, without depositing into the vending machine United States currency in the amount required by the owner, lessee, or licensee of the vending machine; or\n(3) manufacture for sale, sell, or give away a slug or device that is intended to be deposited in a vending machine if the person:\n(i) intends to defraud the owner, lessee, licensee, or other person entitled to the contents of the vending machine; or\n(ii) knows that the slug or device is intended for unlawful use.\n(c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 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=8-613","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:08Z","sha256":"478fb559c919612a87cf9b789a77466bb2e5740ca57e2aa1171e22d916843f53","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-criminal-law-8-612","next":"us-md/md.-code-criminal-law-8-701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}