Carroll County, MD Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Core rule
- No casting, throwing, or sweeping trash into streets
- Citation
- § 92.065, Deposit of Refuse on Streets
- Penalty
- Fine up to $500 or 30 days (§ 92.999)
- Continuing violation
- Each day counted as a separate offense
- Origin
- 2004 Code § 197-29.1; Ord. 02-20 (2002)
Summary
Carroll County makes it a crime to dump trash on public streets. Section 92.065 flatly bans casting, throwing, or sweeping any trash, refuse, leaves, or sweepings into a county street, and Chapter 92's general penalty provision treats a violation as a misdemeanor with fines that grow the longer the dumping goes uncorrected.
§ 92.065 DEPOSIT OF REFUSE ON STREETS. It shall be unlawful for any person to cast, throw, or sweep any trash, refuse, leaves, or sweepings into any of the streets. ... § 92.999 PENALTY. (A) Any person who violates a provision of § 92.001 or fails to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter ... shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-15: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through July 30, 2026).
Full Breakdown
1) and Ordinance 02-20, passed November 21, 2002. It reaches any act of depositing waste material into a public street, not just organized dumping, covering a resident sweeping yard debris into the roadway as much as someone throwing trash from a moving vehicle. 999(A), the chapter's general penalty clause, which makes failing to comply with any requirement of Chapter 92 a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or both, and treats each day a violation continues as a separate offense, so a persistent pile left in the roadway can compound daily. 08(F) of the solid waste chapter.
Violations & Fines
A person who casts, throws, or sweeps trash, refuse, leaves, or sweepings into a Carroll County street violates § 92.065 and is subject to § 92.999(A)'s general Chapter 92 penalty: a fine of not more than $500, imprisonment of not more than 30 days, or both, with each day the violation continues counted as a separate offense. County Public Works and law enforcement personnel enforce the section, and repeated dumping in the same location can accumulate a separate daily fine for as long as the material remains.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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