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Terms Used In Maryland Code, BUSINESS REGULATION 5-102

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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
  • 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) The registration and permitting provisions of this title do not apply to:

(1) a person that owns and operates a bona fide religious-nonprofit cemetery in this State;

(2) a cemetery owned by a nonprofit organization created before 1900 by an act of the General Assembly;

(3) a county, city, or municipal corporation that owns and operates a cemetery in the State;

(4) a veterans’ cemetery operated by the State; or

(5) a private family cemetery that does not conduct public sales.

(b) This title does not apply to:

(1) the operation of a funeral establishment, including the sale of burial goods in the ordinary course of the funeral establishment’s business;

(2) the operation or ownership of a crematory in which a person who is licensed and regulated under Title 7 of the Health Occupations Article owns a greater percentage of the crematory than a registered cemeterian, registered seller, or holder of a permit for the operation of a cemetery or burial goods business;

(3) the operation or ownership of a crematory or incinerator at a licensed medical facility or educational institution;

(4) a licensed funeral director acting within the scope of the funeral director’s license; or

(5) a mortician acting within the scope of the mortician’s license.