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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 349

FOR the purpose of requiring a person who comes to hunt with a
gun on land in Allegany County owned by another person to
obtain written permission of the landowner or certain other
persons; imposing liability in certain circumstances on a
person hunting on private land in Allegany County;
protecting a landowner in Allegany County from certain
liabilities; requiring a person who hunts deer on land in
Allegany County owned by another person to obtain written
permission of the landowner or certain other persons;
providing for the exhibiting of this written permission to
hunt deer in Allegany County under certain circumstances;
providing for the arrest of persons who do not have this
written permission of certain persons to hunt deer in
Allegany County; and generally relating to hunting on
private lands in Allegany County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 10-411(b) and (c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article. - Natural Resources

10-411.

(b) (1) A person may not upon any pretense come to hunt
with a gun, on the lands owned by another person without the
written permission of the landowner, his agent, or lessee. Any
person hunting on this private property is liable for any damage
he causes to the private property while hunting on it. The
landowner shall not be liable for accidental injury or damage to
the person whether or not the landowner or his agent gave
permission to hunt on it.

(2) The provisions of this subsection apply only in
the following counties:

(I) ALLEGANY COUNTY;

[(i)] (II) Baltimore County;

[(ii)] (III) Calvert County;

[(iii)] (IV) Cecil County;

[(iv)] (V) Charles County;

[(v)] (VI) Frederick County;