A person must not: willfully and maliciously destroy, injure, or deface another person's real or personal property, or willfully and maliciously injure another person, with the intent to intimidate or attempt to intimidate any person because of race, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. (1983 L.M.C., ch. 26, § 1; 1990 L.M.C., ch. 5, § 1; 1990 L.M.C., ch. 31, § 1; 2001 L.M.C, ch. 9, § 1; 2007 L.M.C., ch. 18, § 1.)
Editor’s note—Section 27-1 is cited in Doe v. Montgomery County Board of Elections, 406 Md. 697, 962 A.2d 342 (2008) and in Conaway v. Deane, 401 Md. 219, 932 A.2d 571 (2007).
See County Attorney Opinion dated 2/1/10 regarding County law that proscribes fighting words and true threats that intimidate, as long as the law does not rely on the content of the statements.
Section 27-22, formerly § 27-26A, was renumbered, amended and retitled pursuant to 2001 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1.