Maryland § 20-2701
Full text of Maryland Maryland Code § 20-2701, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 20-2701.
(a) The following sections of Title 6, Subtitle 3 (“Prohibited Acts”) of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:
(1) § 6–304 (“Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to individual under the age of 21 years”);
(2) § 6–305 (“Proof of age for sale of alcoholic beverages”);
(3) § 6–306 (“Defense to prosecution for sale to underage individual”);
(4) § 6–307 (“Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to intoxicated individual”);
(5) § 6–308 (“Allowing on–premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from license holder”);
(6) § 6–309 (“Allowing on–premises consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages by individual under the age of 21 years”);
(7) § 6–310 (“Providing free food”);
(8) § 6–311 (“Restrictions on purchases and sales by retail dealer”);
(9) § 6–312 (“Beverage misrepresentation”);
(10) § 6–313 (“Tampering with alcoholic beverage container”);
(11) § 6–314 (“Sale of alcoholic beverage container with detachable metal tab”);
(12) § 6–315 (“Alcoholic beverage in container without regular label presumed illicit”);
(13) § 6–316 (“Maximum alcohol content”);
(14) § 6–317 (“Multiple serving purchase required”);
(15) § 6–320 (“Disorderly intoxication”);
(16) § 6–321 (“Consumption of alcoholic beverages in public”);
(17) § 6–322 (“Possession of open container”);
(18) § 6–323 (“Possession or use of Alcohol Without Liquid machine”);
(19) § 6–326 (“Sale of alcoholic beverages in powder or crystalline form prohibited”);
(20) § 6–327 (“Unlicensed out–of–state sale of alcoholic beverages”);
(21) § 6–328 (“Tax evasion”);
(22) § 6–329 (“Destruction of evidence”); and
(23) § 6–330 (“Perjury”).
(b) Section 6–319 (“On–premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from license holder”) of Division I of this article applies in the county, subject to § 20–2702 of this subtitle.
Frequently Asked Questions About Maryland § 20-2701
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