Section 20-122 - Assaulting tax collector or bidder(a) A person who assaults a tax collector who is performing an official duty is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.(b) A person who assaults another person to prevent that person from bidding at a tax collector's sale or because that person bid at a tax collector's sale is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.Revised and recodified by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 119,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2013.