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Terms Used In Maryland Code, TAX - GENERAL 13-1025

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
(a) A person who assaults a tax collector who is performing an official duty is guilty of a crime and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 12 months or both.

(b) A person who assaults another person to prevent that person from bidding at a tax collector’s sale or because that person bid at a tax collector’s sale is guilty of a crime and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 12 months or both.