Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety § 5-406
Manufacture or sale of handguns
Effective Oct 1, 2025Added by Acts 2003, c. 5, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2025, c. 136, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.State of Maryland
(a)
- (1) Except as provided in § 5-402 of this subtitle, a person may not manufacture for distribution or sale a handgun that is not included on the handgun roster in the State.
- (2) A person may not sell or offer for sale in the State a handgun manufactured after January 1, 1985, that is not included on the handgun roster.
- (3) A person may not manufacture, sell, or offer for sale a handgun on which the manufacturer's identification mark or number is obliterated, removed, changed, or otherwise altered.
- (b) The Secretary may seek an order from a circuit court to permanently or temporarily enjoin the willful and continuous manufacture, sale, or offer for sale, in violation of this section, of a handgun that is not included on the handgun roster.
(c)
- (1) A person who manufactures a handgun for distribution or sale in violation of this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both for each violation.
- (2) A person who sells or offers to sell a handgun in violation of this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both for each violation.
- (3) For purposes of this subsection, each handgun manufactured, sold, or offered for sale in violation of this section is a separate violation.
Added by Acts 2003, c. 5, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2025, c. 136, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.