Section 342

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 349 342A
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1996 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY renumbering

Article 27—Crimes and Punishments
Section 344(c) and (d) respectively
to be Section 344(b) and (c), respectively
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1996 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

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

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

342.

(a) A person commits the offense of theft when he willfully or knowingly
obtains control which is unauthorized or exerts control which is unauthorized over
property of the owner, and:

(1) Has the purpose of depriving the owner of the property; or

(2) Willfully or knowingly uses, conceals, or abandons the property in
such manner as to deprive the owner of the property; or

(3) Uses, conceals, or abandons the property knowing the use,
concealment, or abandonment probably will deprive the owner of the property.

(b) A person commits the offense of theft when he willfully or knowingly uses
deception to obtain and does obtain control over property of the owner, and:

(1) Has the purpose of depriving the owner of the property; or

(2) Willfully or knowingly uses, conceals, or abandons the property in
such manner as to deprive the owner of the property; or

(3) Uses, conceals, or abandons the property knowing such use,
concealment, or abandonment probably will deprive the owner of the property.

(c) (1) A person commits the offense of theft if he possesses stolen personal
property knowing that it has been stolen, or believing that it has probably been
stolen, and: