2010 Maryland Code
BUSINESS REGULATION
TITLE 19 - MISCELLANEOUS STATE BUSINESS REGULATION
Subtitle 3 - Returnable Containers and Returnable Textiles
Section 19-302 - Rules of construction.
§ 19-302. Rules of construction.
(a) Deposit.- In this subtitle, requiring or accepting a deposit on a registered returnable container, whether optional, conditional, or otherwise, does not constitute a sale of the container.
(b) Civil and criminal actions.- This subtitle does not prohibit:
(1) the owner of a returnable container or returnable textile from bringing a civil action, including an action for injunctive relief, to preserve the rights of the owner, to recover damages, or to recover the returnable container or returnable textile, from a person who unlawfully possesses the returnable container or returnable textile of the owner; or
(2) a prosecution for theft under § 7-104 of the Criminal Law Article.
[An. Code 1957, art. 27, §§ 478, 480A; 2002, ch. 26, § 4.]
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