Maryland Code, Public Safety § 13A-1044
Current as of December 31, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
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(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.
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