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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND CANNABIS 36-1505

  • 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) With respect to providing a financial service to a cannabis business or a service provider, a depository institution, entity performing a financial service for or in association with a depository institution, or insurer that provides a financial service to a cannabis business or service provider, and the officers, directors, and employees of that depository institution, entity, or insurer may not be held liable under any State law or regulation:

(1) solely for providing the financial service; or

(2) for further investing any income derived from the financial service.

(b) An insurer that engages in the business of insurance with a cannabis business or service provider or that otherwise engages with a person in a transaction allowed under State law related to cannabis, and the officers, directors, and employees of that insurer may not be held liable under State law or regulation:

(1) solely for engaging in the business of insurance; or

(2) for further investing any income derived from the business of insurance.

(c) A depository institution that has a legal interest in the collateral for a loan or another financial service provided to an owner, employee, or operator of a cannabis business or service provider, or to an owner or operator of real estate or equipment that is leased or sold to a cannabis business or service provider, may not be subject to criminal, civil, or administrative forfeiture of that legal interest under State law for providing the loan or other financial service.