Ch. 191

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Section 10-411

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1987 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.

(a)  Except as otherwise provided, a person may not come to
hunt[,] upon any pretense whatever[ with a gun or dog] on lands
owned by another person without the permission of the landowner,
his agent, or lessee. Any person hunting on private property
shall be liable for any damage he causes to the private property
while hunting. The landowner is not liable for accidental injury
or damage to the person, whether or not the landowner, his agent,
or lessee gave the permission to hunt.

(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;

(II) ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY;

(ii) (III) Baltimore County;

(iii) (IV) Calvert County;

(iv) (V) Cecil County;

(v) (VI) Charles County;

(vi) (VII) Frederick County;

(vii) (VIII) Garrett County;

(viii) (IX) Harford County;

(ix) (X) Montgomery County;

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