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Terms Used In Maryland Code, CRIMINAL LAW 10-625.1

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) In this section, “declawing procedure” has the meaning stated in § 2-301 of the Agriculture Article.

(b) Except as provided in § 2-313.3 of the Agriculture Article, a person may not perform a declawing procedure on a cat.

(c) (1) A violation of this section is a civil offense.

(2) A person who violates this section is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

(3) The provisions of this section may be enforced by:

(i) any State or local law enforcement officer; or

(ii) the local animal control authority for the jurisdiction where the violation occurs.