Maryland Code
Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety § 5-142 (2026)
§ 5-142
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§5–142.
(a) A person may not obliterate, remove, change, or alter the manufacturer’s identification mark or number on a firearm.
(b) If on trial for a violation of this section possession of the firearm by the defendant is established, the defendant is presumed to have obliterated, removed, changed, or altered the manufacturer’s identification mark or number on the firearm.
(a) A person may not obliterate, remove, change, or alter the manufacturer’s identification mark or number on a firearm.
(b) If on trial for a violation of this section possession of the firearm by the defendant is established, the defendant is presumed to have obliterated, removed, changed, or altered the manufacturer’s identification mark or number on the firearm.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2011–2016 · leading case: Evans v. State, 23 A.3d 223 (Md. 2011).
Evans v. State, 23 A.3d 223 (Md. 2011). “, seeks to overturn his conviction on Count Nine of the Indictment against him for the unlawful obliteration, removal, change, or alteration of a manufacturer’s identification mark or number on a firearm, pursuant to Section 5-142 of the Public Safety Article, Maryland *395 Code…”
State v. Gutierrez & Perez-Lazaro, 130 A.3d 985 (Md. 2016). “6 Section 5-142 of the Public Safety Article, Maryland Code (2003, 2011 Repl.”
State v. Gutierrez & Perez-Lazaro, No. 86/14 (Md. Jan. 28, 2016). “6 Section 5-142 of the Public Safety Article, Maryland Code (2003, 2011 Repl.”
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