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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND CANNABIS 4-109

  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) A license application shall state:

(1) the class of license for which the applicant is applying;

(2) the name and address of the applicant and how long the applicant has resided at that address;

(3) that at least one applicant is a citizen of the United States;

(4) that the applicant is a resident of the jurisdiction in which the applicant proposes to operate under the license for which the applicant is applying;

(5) the age and sex of the applicant;

(6) the birth place of the applicant, and if the applicant is a naturalized citizen, the date and place the applicant was naturalized;

(7) a description of the place for which the license is sought, including:

(i) the street and number, if practicable, or other description that definitively locates the place; and

(ii) a description of the portion of the building in which the business will be conducted;

(8) the name of the owner of the location where the business to be licensed is to be conducted;

(9) that the applicant has never been convicted of a felony;

(10) whether the applicant has ever been found guilty of violating a law in the State governing the sale of alcoholic beverages or the prevention of gambling;

(11) that the applicant has a financial interest in the business to be conducted under the license;

(12) that the applicant has not had a license for the sale of alcoholic beverages revoked;

(13) that the applicant or a person on behalf of whom the application is filed does not have a financial interest in any other place of business in the jurisdiction for which an alcoholic beverage license has been applied for or issued;

(14) whether the applicant has been found guilty of violating a State or federal law;

(15) whether the applicant has held a license for the sale of alcoholic beverages and, if so, the name of the state and the location where the license was held;

(16) that during the term of the license, a person other than the applicant will not have a financial interest in the license or in the business to be conducted under the license;

(17) that a manufacturer, brewer, distiller, or wholesaler, directly or indirectly, does not have a financial interest in the premises or business of the applicant;

(18) that after receipt of a license, the applicant will not convey or grant an interest in the location or business to a manufacturer, brewer, distiller, or wholesaler, except as authorized under this article;

(19) that, except for the purchase of alcoholic beverages, when applying for the license, the applicant does not have indebtedness or other financial obligation to a manufacturer, brewer, distiller, or wholesaler;

(20) that after the license is issued, the applicant will not incur, directly or indirectly, indebtedness or other financial obligation other than for the purchase of alcoholic beverages to a manufacturer, brewer, distiller, or wholesaler; and

(21) that, if issued a license, the applicant will conform to all laws and regulations relating to the business in which the applicant proposes to engage.

(b) The application shall also include a statement executed and acknowledged by the owner of the location where the business is to be conducted that:

(1) agrees to the issuance of the license; and

(2) authorizes a warrantless inspection and search of the premises at any time in any part of the building in which the business is to be conducted by:

(i) the Comptroller;

(ii) the Commission;

(iii) the local licensing board and its authorized agents and employees; or

(iv) a peace officer of the county or municipality where the business is to be located.