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Ch. 480
7-103.
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(a) In this section, "value" means:
(1) the market value of the property or service at the time and place of
the crime; or
(2) if the market value cannot satisfactorily be ascertained, the cost of
the replacement of the property or service within a reasonable time after the crime,
SUBTITLE 8. FINANCIAL CRIMES AGAINST VULNERABLE ADULTS;
8-801.
(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.
(2) "DECEPTION" MEANS THAT A PERSON DECEIVES A VULNERABLE
ADULT BY KNOWINGLY DOING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
(I) CREATING OR CONFIRMING A FALSE IMPRESSION;
(II) FAILING TO CORRECT A FALSE IMPRESSION THAT THE PERSON
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING OR CONFIRMING;
(III) MAKING A PROMISE THAT THE PERSON DOES NOT INTEND TO
PERFORM OR THAT THE PERSON KNOWS WILL NOT OR CANNOT BE PERFORMED. A
PERSON'S FAILURE TO PERFORM A PROMISE IS NOT BY ITSELF SUFFICIENT PROOF
THAT THE PERSON DID NOT INTEND TO PERFORM THE PROMISE;
(IV) MISREPRESENTING OR CONCEALING A MATERIAL FACT THAT
RELATES TO THE TERMS OF A CONTRACT OR AN AGREEMENT THAT THE PERSON
ENTERS INTO OR THAT RELATES TO THE EXISTING OR PREEXISTING CONDITION OF
ANY OF THE PROPERTY INVOLVED IN A CONTRACT OR AN AGREEMENT; OR
(V) USING A MATERIAL MISREPRESENTATION, FALSE PRETENSE,
OR FALSE PROMISE TO INDUCE, ENCOURAGE, OR SOLICIT SOMEONE TO ENTER INTO
A CONTRACT OR AN. AGREEMENT.
(2) "DECEPTION" HAS THE MEANING STATED IN § 7-101 OF THIS
ARTICLE.
(3) "DEPRIVE" HAS THE MEANING STATED IN § 7-101 OF THIS ARTICLE.
(4) "OBTAIN" HAS THE MEANING STATED IN § 7-101 OF THIS ARTICLE.
(5) "PROPERTY" HAS THE MEANING STATED IN § 7-101 OF THIS ARTICLE.
(6) "VALUE" HAS THE MEANING STATED IN § 7-103 OF THIS ARTICLE.
(3) (7) (I) "UNDUE INFLUENCE" MEANS DOMINATION AND
INFLUENCE AMOUNTING TO FORCE AND COERCION EXERCISED BY ANOTHER
PERSON TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT. A VULNERABLE ADULT WAS PREVENTED FROM
EXERCISING FREE JUDGMENT AND CHOICE.
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