§ 8.800. Defacing of public and private property prohibited.

(a)

Definitions.

(1)

In this subtitle, the following words have the meanings indicated:

(2)

Property includes land, structures, vegetation, and trees.

(3)

Public property means property that Howard County owns or in which it holds a leasehold or easement interest and which is under the control of a County Agency.

(b)

Prohibitions:

(1)

An individual may not willfully destroy, injure, deface, or molest, or attempt to destroy, injure, deface, or molest any public or private property.

(2)

An individual who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection may not remain on or willfully fail to leave public property after a Police Officer orders the individual to leave the property.

(C.B. 70, 1983; C.B. 94, 1995)