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Ch. 213
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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5-402.
A merchant or an agent or employee of the merchant who detains or causes the
arrest of any person shall not be held civilly liable for detention, slander, malicious
prosecution, false imprisonment, or false arrest of the person detained or arrested,
whether the detention or arrest takes place by the merchant or by his agent or
employee, if in detaining or in causing the arrest of the person, the merchant or the
agent or employee of the merchant had, at the time of the detention or arrest,
probable cause to believe that the person committed the crime of "theft," as prohibited
by [§ 342 of Article 27 of the Code] § 7-104 OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE, of
property of the merchant from the premises of the merchant.
7-409.
(a) (2) "Crime" means an act committed by a person in the State that is:
(I) A CRIME UNDER TITLE 1, SUBTITLE 3, TITLE 3, SUBTITLE 7, OR §
4-123.1 OF THE AGRICULTURE ARTICLE;
(II) A CRIME UNDER TITLE 19, SUBTITLE 2 OR SUBTITLE 3, § 11- 1002,
OR § 11-1003 OF THE BUSINESS REGULATION ARTICLE;
(III) A CRIME UNDER TITLE 14, SUBTITLE 29, § 11-810, § 14-1316, OR §
14-1317 OF THE COMMERCIAL LAW ARTICLE;
(IV) . A CRIME UNDER § 3-218, § 3-305(0(2), § 3-409(A) OR (C), § 3-803(B),
§ 3-807(I), § 3-808(D), § 3-811(C), § 8-801, § 8-802, § 9-602(E), § 11-702(B)(8), §
11-703(D)(5)(III), § 11-706(B)(8), § 11-708(B)(8)(II), § 11-711(H)(2), § 11-712(C)(6)(II), §
11-714(0(6), § 11-715(G)(2), § 11-716(H)(2), § 11-723(B)(8), OR § 11-726 OF THE
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ARTICLE;
(V) A CRIME UNDER THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE OTHER THAN
TITLE 8, SUBTITLE 2, PART II OR § 10-614;
[(i) A crime under Article 27 of the Code;
(ii)] (VI) A crime under the Criminal Procedure Article;
(VII) A CRIME UNDER TITLE 5, SUBTITLE 10A OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ARTICLE;
(VIII) A CRIME UNDER § 5-503 OF THE FAMILY LAW ARTICLE;
(IX) A CRIME UNDER TITLE 20, SUBTITLE 7 OR § 21-259.1 OF THE
HEALTH - GENERAL ARTICLE;
(X) A CRIME UNDER § 8-713.1, § 8-724.1, § 8-725.5, § 8-725.6, § 8-726.1,
§ 8-738.1, OR § 8-740.1 OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES ARTICLE;
(XI) A CRIME UNDER ARTICLE 27 OF THE CODE;
(XII) A CRIME UNDER § 14-127 OF THE REAL PROPERTY ARTICLE;
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