Section 16-221 – Removing or Tampering With Vending Machine Seal Prohibited
(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 16–220 of this subtitle, a person may not remove or tamper with a seal placed on a vending machine by the Executive Director. (b) A person who willfully violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not […]
Section 16-205 – Issuance of Licenses
(a) The Executive Director shall issue an appropriate license to each applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle for a license to act as a manufacturer, storage warehouse, subwholesaler, vending machine operator, or wholesaler. (b) The clerk shall issue to each applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle a license to act as a retailer. […]
Section 16-222 – Shipping, Importing, or Selling of Cigarettes Into State
(a) A person may not ship, import, or sell into or within this State any brand of cigarette unless that person: (1) (i) is the owner of the brand; (ii) is the United States importer for the brand; or (iii) is a designated agent in Maryland of: 1. the owner of the brand; or 2. the United States importer of the brand; […]
Section 16-206 – Scope of Licenses
(a) A manufacturer license authorizes the licensee to: (1) sell unstamped cigarettes to: (i) a licensed cigarette wholesaler located in Maryland; and (ii) a licensed cigarette wholesaler located outside of Maryland if the unstamped cigarettes may lawfully be sold in Maryland; (2) except as otherwise prohibited or restricted under local law, this article, or the Criminal Law Article, distribute sample […]
Section 16-223 – Direct Sales and Shipping of Cigarettes Ordered by Mail or Other Means
(a) This section applies to a person who is engaged in the business of selling or distributing cigarettes. (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person covered under this section may not: (i) sell or ship cigarettes, ordered or purchased by mail or through a computer network, telephonic network, or other electronic network by […]
Section 16-207 – Term and Renewal of Licenses
(a) Unless a license is renewed for a 1–year term as provided in this section, the license expires on the first April 30 after its effective date. (b) At least 1 month before a license issued under this subtitle expires, the issuing official shall mail to the licensee, at the last known address of the licensee, a […]
Section 16-208 – Assignment, Transfer, and Surrender of Licenses
(a) (1) A licensed retailer or licensed vending machine operator may not assign the license. (2) If a licensed subwholesaler or licensed wholesaler sells the licensee’s cigarette business and pays to the Executive Director a license assignment fee of $10, the licensee may assign the license to the buyer of the business. (b) If the cigarette business of a […]
Section 16-209 – License Display; Cigarette Display and Vending Machine Label Requirements
(a) A licensee shall display a license in the way that the Executive Director requires by regulation. (b) A licensee who sells cigarettes through a vending machine: (1) shall place each package of cigarettes in the machine so that when the package is visible the tax stamps required by § 12–304 of the Tax – General Article are […]
Section 16-201 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “License” means: (1) a license issued by the Executive Director under § 16–205(a) of this subtitle to: (i) act as a manufacturer; (ii) act as a subwholesaler; (iii) act as a vending machine operator; (iv) act as a wholesaler; or (v) act as a storage warehouse; or (2) a license issued by […]
Section 16-202 – Cigarette Business License Required; Exception; Multiple Licenses
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person must have an appropriate license whenever the person acts as a manufacturer, retailer, storage warehouse, subwholesaler, vending machine operator, or wholesaler in the State. (b) A person need not get a retailer license to act as a retailer at a vending stand operated under a […]