Sexually Violent Offenders - These registrants have been convicted in Maryland of the following offenses (or of comparable offenses if convicted in another state, federal, military, or Native American tribal court) that occurred on or after July 1, 1997 (or before July 1, 1997, if in the custody or under the supervision of a "supervising authority" on October 1, 2001):
- Rape First Degree (Criminal Law Article, § 3-303)
- Rape Second Degree (Criminal Law Article, § 3-304)
- Sex Offense First Degree (Criminal Law Article, § 3-305)
- Sex Offense Second Degree (Criminal Law Article, § 3-306)
- Sex Offense Third Degree (Criminal Law Article, § 3-307)
- Attempted Rape First Degree (Criminal Law Article, § 3-309)
- Attempted Rape Second Degree (Criminal Law Article, § 3-310)
- Attempted Sexual Offense First Degree (Criminal Law Article, § 3-311)
- Attempted Sexual Offense Second Degree (Criminal Law Article, § 3-312)
- Assault with Intent to Commit Rape First Degree, Rape Second Degree, Sex Offense First Degree, or Sex Offense Second Degree as prohibited on or before September 30, 1996, under former Article 27, § 12.
Sexually Violent Predators - These registrants have been convicted of a sexually violent offense (listed under Sexually Violent Offenders, above) that occurred on or after July 1, 1997. They have also been determined in accordance with Criminal Procedure Article §§ 11-703, to be at risk of committing a subsequent sexually violent offense.
An individual must register as a sexually violent predator if before moving into this state, the individual was required to register by another state, federal, military, or Native American tribal court every 90 days for life.
§ 3-307. Sexual offense in the third degree.
Prohibited
(a) A person may not:
(1) (i) engage in sexual contact with another without the consent of the other; and
(ii) 1. employ or display a dangerous weapon, or a physical object that the
victim reasonably believes is a dangerous weapon;
2. suffocate, strangle, disfigure, or inflict serious physical injury on the
victim or another in the course of committing the crime;
3. threaten, or place the victim in fear, that the victim, or an individual
known to the victim, imminently will be subject to death, suffocation,
strangulation, disfigurement, serious physical injury, or kidnapping; or
4. commit the crime while aided and abetted by another;
(2) engage in sexual contact with another if the victim is a mentally defective individual, a
mentally incapacitated individual, or a physically helpless individual, and the person
performing the act knows or reasonably should know the victim is a mentally defective
individual, a mentally incapacitated individual, or a physically helpless individual