(a) In this part the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) 'Alarm system' means a burglary alarm system, robbery alarm system, or automatic fire alarm system. (c) (1) 'Alarm system contractor' means a person who installs, maintains, monitors, alters, or services alarm systems. (2) 'Alarm system contractor' does not include a person who only manufactures or sells alarm systems. (d) 'Alarm user' means: (1) a person in control of an alarm system within, on, or around any building, structure, facility, or site; or (2) the owner or lessee of an alarm system. (e) (1) 'False alarm' means a request for immediate assistance from a law enforcement unit or fire department regardless of cause that is not in response to an actual emergency situation or threatened suggested criminal activity. (2) 'False alarm' includes: (i) a negligently or accidentally activated signal; (ii) a signal that is activated as the result of faulty, malfunctioning, or improperly installed or maintained equipment; and (iii) a signal that is purposely activated in a nonemergency situation. (3) 'False alarm' does not include: (i) a signal activated by unusually severe weather conditions or other causes beyond t; and (iii) a signal that is purposely activated in a nonemergency situation. (3) 'False alarm' does not include: (i) a signal activated by unusually severe weather conditions or other causes beyond the control of the alarm user or alarm system contractor; or (ii) a signal activated within 60 days after a new installation of an alarm system. (f) 'Law enforcement unit' means the Department of State Police, the police department of a county or municipal corporation, and a sheriff’s department or other governmental law enforcement unit having employees authorized to make arrests. (g) 'Signal' means the activation of an alarm system that requests a response by a law enforcement unit or a fire department.
Maryland Legal Code