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    {
      "id": "learn_r627_maryland_age_verification_laws_md_statutes_index",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maryland: statutory code index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maryland's statutes are published on the official Maryland General Assembly site at mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/Statutes under an articles index page listing code articles including Agriculture (gag), Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (gab), and Criminal Law (gcr).",
      "body": "Maryland's statutes are published on the official Maryland General Assembly site at mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/Statutes under an articles index page listing code articles including Agriculture (gag), Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (gab), and Criminal Law (gcr).\n\nWhat Maryland General Assembly actually says:\n\n“Articles\n\n Agriculture - (gag) \n Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis - (gab) \n Business Occupations and Professions - (gbo) \n Business Regulation - (gbr) \n Commercial Law - (gcl) \n Corporations and Associations - (gca) \n Correctional Services - (gcs) \n Courts and Judicial Proceedings - (gcj) \n Criminal Law - (gcr) \n Criminal Procedure - (gcp) \n Economic Development - (gec) \n Education - (ged) \n Election Law - (gel) \n Environment - (gen) \n Estates and Trusts - (get) \n Family Law - (gfl) \n Financial Institutions - (gfi) \n General Provisions - (ggp) \n Health - General - (ghg) \n Health Occupations - (gho) \n Housing and Community Development - (ghs) \n Human Services - (ghu) \n Insurance - (gin) \n Labor and Employment - (gle) \n Land Use - (glu) \n Local Government - (glg) \n Natural Resources - (gnr) \n Public Safety - (gps) \n Public Utilities - (gpu) \n Real Property - (grp) \n State Finance and Procurement - (gsf) \n State Government - (gsg) \n State Personnel and Pensions - (gsp) \n Tax - General - (gtg) \n Tax - Property - (gtp) \n Transportation - (gtr) \n Declaration of Rights - (c0) \n I - Elective Franchise - (c1) \n II - Executive Department - (c2) \n II-A - Office of the Public Advocate - (c2A) \n III - Legislative Department - (c3) \n IV - Judiciary Department - (c4) \n V - Attorney-General and State's Attorneys - (c5) \n VI - Treasury Department - (c6) \n VII - Sundry Officers - (c7) \n VIII - Education - (c8) \n IX - Militia and Military Affairs - (c9) \n XI - City of Baltimore - (c11) \n XI-A - Local Legislation - (c11A) \n XI-B - City of Baltimore - Land Development and Redevelopment - (c11B) \n XI-C - Off-Street Parking - (c11C) \n XI-D - Port Development - (c11D) \n XI-E - Municipal Corporations - (c11E) \n XI-F - Home Rule for Code Counties - (c11F) \n XI-G - City of Balt. - Resid. Rehab. & Comm. Financing Loans - (c11G) \n XI-H - City of Baltimore - Residential Financing Loans. - (c11H) \n XI-I - City of Baltimore - Industrial Financing Loans. - (c11I) \n XII - Public Works - (c12) \n XIII - New Counties - (c13) \n XIV - Amendments to the Constitution - (c14) \n XV - Miscellaneous - (c15) \n XVI - The Referendum - (c16) \n XVI-A - The Initiative - (c16A) \n XVII - Quadrennial Elections - (c17) \n XVII-A - Recall Elections - (c27A) \n XVIII - Provisions of Limited Duration - (c18) \n XIX - Video Lottery Terminals - (c19) \n XX - Cannabis - (c20)”\n\nNote: Anchor record. The page heading 'Articles' and the code list are the verbatim evidence.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/Statutes",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-16",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Maryland General Assembly",
      "evidence_quote": "Articles\n\n Agriculture - (gag) \n Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis - (gab) \n Business Occupations and Professions - (gbo) \n Business Regulation - (gbr) \n Commercial Law - (gcl) \n Corporations and Associations - (gca) \n Correctional Services - (gcs) \n Courts and Judicial Proceedings - (gcj) \n Criminal Law - (gcr) \n Criminal Procedure - (gcp) \n Economic Development - (gec) \n Education - (ged) \n Election Law - (gel) \n Environment - (gen) \n Estates and Trusts - (get) \n Family Law - (gfl) \n Financial Institutions - (gfi) \n General Provisions - (ggp) \n Health - General - (ghg) \n Health Occupations - (gho) \n Housing and Community Development - (ghs) \n Human Services - (ghu) \n Insurance - (gin) \n Labor and Employment - (gle) \n Land Use - (glu) \n Local Government - (glg) \n Natural Resources - (gnr) \n Public Safety - (gps) \n Public Utilities - (gpu) \n Real Property - (grp) \n State Finance and Procurement - (gsf) \n State Government - (gsg) \n State Personnel and Pensions - (gsp) \n Tax - General - (gtg) \n Tax - Property - (gtp) \n Transportation - (gtr) \n Declaration of Rights - (c0) \n I - Elective Franchise - (c1) \n II - Executive Department - (c2) \n II-A - Office of the Public Advocate - (c2A) \n III - Legislative Department - (c3) \n IV - Judiciary Department - (c4) \n V - Attorney-General and State's Attorneys - (c5) \n VI - Treasury Department - (c6) \n VII - Sundry Officers - (c7) \n VIII - Education - (c8) \n IX - Militia and Military Affairs - (c9) \n XI - City of Baltimore - (c11) \n XI-A - Local Legislation - (c11A) \n XI-B - City of Baltimore - Land Development and Redevelopment - (c11B) \n XI-C - Off-Street Parking - (c11C) \n XI-D - Port Development - (c11D) \n XI-E - Municipal Corporations - (c11E) \n XI-F - Home Rule for Code Counties - (c11F) \n XI-G - City of Balt. - Resid. Rehab. & Comm. Financing Loans - (c11G) \n XI-H - City of Baltimore - Residential Financing Loans. - (c11H) \n XI-I - City of Baltimore - Industrial Financing Loans. - (c11I) \n XII - Public Works - (c12) \n XIII - New Counties - (c13) \n XIV - Amendments to the Constitution - (c14) \n XV - Miscellaneous - (c15) \n XVI - The Referendum - (c16) \n XVI-A - The Initiative - (c16A) \n XVII - Quadrennial Elections - (c17) \n XVII-A - Recall Elections - (c27A) \n XVIII - Provisions of Limited Duration - (c18) \n XIX - Video Lottery Terminals - (c19) \n XX - Cannabis - (c20)",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "627-maryland-age-verification-laws",
      "subject": "Maryland",
      "topic": "statutory code index",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
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        "stage": "choosing",
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        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
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        "explicitness": "any"
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      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
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        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
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