{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-4-513","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Estates and Trusts § 4–513","heading":"","body":"(a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual’s death, a person may not for valuable consideration knowingly purchase or sell the part for transplantation or therapy.\n(2) A person that violates paragraph (1) of this subsection is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or both.\n(b) (1) A person may charge a reasonable amount of money for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.\n(2) The prohibition in subsection (a) of this section does not apply to blood and plasma.\n(c) (1) A person may not, in order to obtain financial gain, intentionally falsify, forge, conceal, deface, or obliterate a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal.\n(2) A person who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or both.","path":["Article - Estates and Trusts"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=get\u0026section=4-513","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:07Z","sha256":"a69881b58aad11fd3863cf9b4e42824b56a5dc11e8a82e8c4ace3cdab4f30d1b","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-4-512","next":"us-md/md.-code-estates-and-trusts-4-514"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}