Section 17-1802 – Scope of Subtitle
This subtitle does not apply to the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Section 17-1803 – Additional Licenses and Fees
(a) Except as otherwise provided by State law and notwithstanding any local ordinance or regulation to the contrary, a manufacturer located and doing business in the State may sell and deliver goods to licensed traders in the State and for doing so need not get a license from or pay a fee to a county, municipal […]
Section 17-1804 – Trader’s License Required
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a person must have a trader’s license whenever the person: (1) does business as a trader in the State; or (2) does business as an exhibitor in the State. (b) A separate trader’s license is required for each store or fixed place of business that a person operates in the State. […]
Section 17-1805 – Chain Store License Required
A person must have a chain store license whenever the person operates 2 or more retail stores under the same general management or ownership in the State.
Section 17-1806 – Applications for Licenses
(a) An applicant for a trader’s license shall state in the application the place where the applicant will do business as a trader. (b) (1) An applicant for a trader’s license may apply under this subsection if the applicant has a defect in vision such that: (i) visual acuity in the applicant’s better eye does not exceed 20/140 with […]
Section 17-1807 – Approval of Zoning Authorities
(a) (1) In Baltimore County, the clerk may not issue a trader’s license for the first time without the approval of the zoning commissioner. (2) In an area of Cecil County where the Cecil County Office of Planning and Zoning has jurisdiction, the clerk may not issue a trader’s license for the first time until the applicant has […]
Section 17-1807.1 – Selection of Uniform License Fee for a Trader’s License
(a) On or before October 1 each year, the governing body of a county or municipal corporation may select a uniform license fee for a trader’s license under § 17–1808(b) of this subtitle by submitting its selection on a form provided by the Comptroller and the State Department of Assessments and Taxation. (b) A selection by the […]
Section 17-1808 – License Fees for Trader’s License
(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an applicant for a trader’s license shall pay to the clerk a license fee. (2) If the applicant’s business is located in a county or municipal corporation that selects a uniform license fee under § 17–1807.1 of this subtitle, the applicant: (i) shall pay the license fee set forth in […]
Section 17-1809 – License Fees for Chain Store License
(a) This section does not apply to an automobile service station where the principal business is the sale or distribution of motor fuel. (b) (1) An applicant for a chain store license shall pay to the clerk a license fee based on the value of the applicant’s stock–in–trade under § 17–1808 of this subtitle and an additional license […]
Section 17-1810 – Contents of License
The clerk shall state on each trader’s license the place where the licensed trader may do business as a trader.