Nuisance Crimes
A defendant may petition for expungement if a guilty verdict was entered for a specified public nuisance crime under Criminal Procedure 10-105 (a)(9) and at least three years have passed since the conviction or satisfactory completion of probation, whichever is later, and is not now a defendant in a pending criminal action.
Criminal Procedure 10-105 (Nuisance Crimes)
(a)(9) the person was convicted of a crime under any State or local law that prohibits:
- (i) urination or defecation in a public place;
- (ii) panhandling or soliciting money;
- (iii) drinking an alcoholic beverage in a public place;
- (iv) obstructing the free passage of another in a public place or a public conveyance;
- (v) sleeping on or in park structures, such as benches or doorways;
- (vi) loitering;
- (vii) vagrancy;
- (viii) riding a transit vehicle without paying the applicable fare or exhibiting proof of payment; or
- (ix)
Except for carrying or possessing an explosive, acid, concealed weapon, or other dangerous article as provided in § 7-705(b)(6) of the Transportation Article, any of the acts specified in
7-705 of the Transportation Article.
Transportation Article 7-705:
- 7-705 a1 Failure to pay fare in required manner
- 7-705 a2i Failure to pay applicable fare
- 7-705 a2ii Failure to exhibit proof of payment
- 7-705 a2iii Failure to provide truthful identification
- 7-705 b1 Expectorating in transit vehicle, transit facility, or train
- 7-705 b2 Smoking or carrying lighted tobacco products in transit vehicle, transit facility, or train
- 7-705b3 Consuming food or drink or carrying open food or beverage container in transit vehicle, transit facility, or train
- 7-705 b4 Discarding litter in transit vehicle, transit facility, or train
- 7-705b5 Playing or operating radio, tape player, or similar electronic device in transit vehicle, transit facility, or train
- 7-705 b7 Carrying or possessing live animals in transit vehicle, transit facility, or train
- 7-705 b8 Boarding transit vehicle through rear door
- 7-705 b9 Urinating or defecating in transit vehicle, transit facility or train
- 7-705 b10 Failure to move to rear of transit when requested to do so
- 7-705 b11 Failure to vacate elderly or handicapped seat when requested to do so
- 7-705 b12 Except as by contract with the Mass Transit Administration, soliciting the purchase of goods of services in transit vehicle, transit facility or train
- 7-705f1 Obstructing/hindering/interfering with the operation or operator of transit vehicle or railroad passenger car