{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-criminal-law-9-607","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Criminal Law § 9–607","heading":"","body":"(a) In this part the following words have the meanings indicated.\n(b) “Alarm system” means a burglary alarm system, robbery alarm system, or automatic fire alarm system.\n(c) (1) “Alarm system contractor” means a person who installs, maintains, monitors, alters, or services alarm systems.\n(2) “Alarm system contractor” does not include a person who only manufactures or sells alarm systems.\n(d) “Alarm user” means:\n(1) a person in control of an alarm system within, on, or around any building, structure, facility, or site; or\n(2) the owner or lessee of an alarm system.\n(e) (1) “False alarm” means a request for immediate assistance from a law enforcement unit or fire department regardless of cause that is not in response to an actual emergency situation or threatened suggested criminal activity.\n(2) “False alarm” includes:\n(i) a negligently or accidentally activated signal;\n(ii) a signal that is activated as the result of faulty, malfunctioning, or improperly installed or maintained equipment; and\n(iii) a signal that is purposely activated in a nonemergency situation.\n(3) “False alarm” does not include:\n(i) a signal activated by unusually severe weather conditions or other causes beyond the control of the alarm user or alarm system contractor; or\n(ii) a signal activated within 60 days after a new installation of an alarm system.\n(f) “Law enforcement unit” means the Department of State Police, the police department of a county or municipal corporation, and a sheriff’s department or other governmental law enforcement unit having employees authorized to make arrests.\n(g) “Signal” means the activation of an alarm system that requests a response by a law enforcement unit or a fire department.","path":["Article - Criminal Law"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcr\u0026section=9-607","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:08Z","sha256":"4e02e1de8468723fcc11ad4f79b15e3ab2c1b3517bd89318ae50c0c069755131","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-criminal-law-9-604","next":"us-md/md.-code-criminal-law-9-608"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}