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Ch. 479
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(iv) sell or otherwise transfer or encumber property without
disclosing a lien, adverse claim, or other legal impediment to the enjoyment of the
property, regardless of whether the impediment is of value or a matter of official
record;
(v) insert or deposit a slug in a vending machine;
(vi) remove or alter a label or price tag;
(vii) promise performance that the offender does not intend to
perform, or. knows will not be performed; or
(viii) misrepresent the value of a motor vehicle offered for sale by
tampering or interfering with its odometer, or by disconnecting, resetting, or altering
its odometer with the intent to change the mileage indicated.
(2) "Deception" does not include puffing or false statements of
immaterial facts and exaggerated representations that are unlikely to deceive an
ordinary individual.
(c) "Deprive" means to withhold property of another:
(1) permanently;
(2) for a period that results in the appropriation of a part of the
property's value;
(3) with the purpose to restore it only on payment of a reward or other
compensation; or
(4) to dispose of the property or use or deal with the property in a
manner that makes it unlikely that the owner will recover it.
(f) "Obtain" means:
(1) in relation to property, to bring about a transfer of interest in or
possession of the property; and
(2) in relation to a service, to secure the performance of the service.
(h) (1) "Property" means anything of value.
(2) "Property" includes:
(i) real estate;
(ii) money;
(iii) a commercial instrument;
(iv) an admission or transportation ticket;
(v) a written instrument representing or embodying rights
concerning anything of value, or services, or anything otherwise of value to the owner;
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