1896                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 506

(1)  ADVERTISE FOR SALE, SELL, USE OR INSTALL OR CAUSE
TO BE INSTALLED ANY DEVICE WHICH CAUSES AN ODOMETER TO REGISTER
ANY MILEAGE OTHER THAN THE TRUE MILEAGE DRIVEN;

(2)  TAMPER WITH, DAMAGE, INTERFERE WITH, DISCONNECT,
RESET, OR ALTER OR CAUSE TO BE DISCONNECTED, RESET, OR ALTERED
THE ODOMETER OF ANY MOTOR VEHICLE WITH INTENT TO CHANGE THE
NUMBER OF MILES INDICATED;

(3)  OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE, WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD,
KNOWING THE ODOMETER IS DISCONNECTED OR NONFUNCTIONAL; OR

(4)  WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD, OFFER FOR SALE OR SELL
ANY VEHICLE IN WHICH THE ODOMETER HAS BEEN CHANGED OR ALTERED TO
MISREPRESENT THE ACTUAL ACCUMULATED MILEAGE.

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Article - Crimes and Punishments
340.

In this subheading, the following words have the meanings
indicated.

(b) (1) "Deception" means knowingly to:

(i) Create or confirm in another an impression
which is false and which the offender does not believe to be
true; or

(ii) Fail to correct a false impression which
the offender previously has created or confirmed; or

(iii) Prevent another from acquiring
information pertinent to the disposition of the property
involved; or

(iv) Sell or otherwise transfer or encumber
property, failing to disclose a lien, adverse claim, or other
legal impediment to the enjoyment of the property, whether the
impediment is or is not of value or is not a matter of official
record; or

(v) Insert or deposit a slug in a coin machine;

(vi) Remove, alter, or otherwise disfigure any
label or price tag; or

(vii) Promise performance which the offender
does not intend to perform or knows will not be performed. The
defendant's intention or knowledge that a promise would not be
performed shall not be established by or inferred from the fact
alone that the promise was not performed[.]; OR

(VIII) MISREPRESENT THE VALUE OF A MOTOR
VEHICLE OFFERED FOR SALE BY TAMPERING WITH, INTERFERING WITH,