WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 355

Article - Transportation

21-904.

(a)     In this section "visual or audible signal" includes a signal by hand, voice,
emergency light or siren.

(b)     If a police officer gives a visual or audible signal to stop and the police officer
is in uniform, prominently displaying the police officer's badge or other insignia of office,
a driver of a vehicle may not attempt to elude the police officer by willfully failing to stop
the driver's vehicle.

(c)     If a police officer gives a visual or audible signal to stop and the police officer
is in uniform, prominently displaying the police officer's badge or other insignia of office,
a driver may not attempt to elude the police officer by fleeing on foot.

(d)     If a police officer gives a visual or audible signal to stop and the police officer
is in uniform, prominently displaying the police officer's badge or other insignia of office,
a driver may not attempt to elude the police officer by any other means.

(e)     If a police officer gives a visual or audible signal to stop and the police officer,
whether or not in uniform, is in a vehicle appropriately marked as an official police
vehicle, a driver of a vehicle may not attempt to elude the police officer by willfully failing
to stop the driver's vehicle.

(f)      If a police officer gives a visual or audible signal to stop and the police officer,
whether or not in uniform, is in a vehicle appropriately marked as an official police
vehicle, a driver of a vehicle may not attempt to elude the police officer by fleeing on foot.

(g)     If a police officer gives a visual or audible signal to stop and the police officer,
whether or not in uniform, is in a vehicle appropriately marked as an official police
vehicle, a driver of a vehicle may not attempt to elude the police officer by any other
means.

27-101.

(h) Any person who is convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of §
15-502(a) of this article ("License required"), § 16-303(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of
this article ("Driving while license is canceled, suspended, refused, or revoked"), OR §
17-107 of this article ("Prohibitions") [, or § 21-904 of this article ("Fleeing or eluding
police")] is subject to:

(1)     For a first offense, a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment for
not more than 1 year, or both; and

(2)     For any subsequent offense, a fine of not more than $1,000, or
imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both.

(P) (1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPHS (2) AND (3) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, ANY PERSON WHO IS CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE
PROVISIONS OF § 21-904 OF THIS ARTICLE ("FLEEING OR ELUDING POLICE") IS
SUBJECT TO:

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