Section 17-1808 - License fees for trader's license. - Maryland Statutes

§ 17-1808. License fees for trader's license.
 

(a)  In general.-  

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an applicant for a trader's license shall pay to the clerk a license fee based on the value of the applicant's stock-in-trade. 

(2) In a county other than Baltimore City, the license fee is: 

(i) $15, if the value of the applicant's stock-in-trade is not more than $1,000; 

(ii) $18, if the value is more than $1,000 but not more than $1,500; 

(iii) $20, if the value is more than $1,500 but not more than $2,500; 

(iv) $25, if the value is more than $2,500 but not more than $4,000; 

(v) $30, if the value is more than $4,000 but not more than $6,000; 

(vi) $40, if the value is more than $6,000 but not more than $8,000; 

(vii) $50, if the value is more than $8,000 but not more than $10,000; 

(viii) $65, if the value is more than $10,000 but not more than $15,000; 

(ix) $80, if the value is more than $15,000 but not more than $20,000; 

(x) $100, if the value is more than $20,000 but not more than $30,000; 

(xi) $125, if the value is more than $30,000 but not more than $40,000; 

(xii) $150, if the value is more than $40,000 but not more than $50,000; 

(xiii) $200, if the value is more than $50,000 but not more than $75,000; 

(xiv) $250, if the value is more than $75,000 but not more than $100,000; 

(xv) $300, if the value is more than $100,000 but not more than $150,000; 

(xvi) $350, if the value is more than $150,000 but not more than $200,000; 

(xvii) $400, if the value is more than $200,000 but not more than $300,000; 

(xviii) $500, if the value is more than $300,000 but not more than $400,000; 

(xix) $600, if the value is more than $400,000 but not more than $500,000; 

(xx) $750, if the value is more than $500,000 but not more than $750,000; or 

(xxi) $800, if the value is more than $750,000. 

(3) In Baltimore City, the license fee is: 

(i) $20, if the value of the applicant's stock-in-trade is not more than $1,000; 

(ii) $40, if the value is more than $1,000 but not more than $5,000; 

(iii) $80, if the value is more than $5,000 but not more than $10,000; 

(iv) $160, if the value is more than $10,000 but not more than $50,000; 

(v) $375, if the value is more than $50,000 but not more than $100,000; 

(vi) $1,000, if the value is more than $100,000 but not more than $300,000; 

(vii) $1,500, if the value is more than $300,000 but not more than $750,000; or 

(viii) $2,125, if the value is more than $750,000. 

(b)  Determination of value of stock-in-trade.-  

(1) This subsection does not apply to a domestic corporation that has shares subject to taxation under State law. 

(2) In determining the value of an applicant's stock-in-trade, the clerk shall accept as prima facie evidence the values shown on the certification of the State Department of Assessments and Taxation required by § 17-302 of this title. 

(c)  Visually handicapped applicants; Blind Industries.- Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, if the average value of the applicant's stock-in-trade is $10,000 or less, a visually handicapped applicant who meets the standards of § 17-1806(b)(2) of this subtitle or Blind Industries shall pay to the clerk a license fee of only $6. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 56, §§ 2A, 13, 35-55, 55A, 56; 1992, ch. 4, § 2; ch. 467, § 2; 1993, ch. 5, § 1; 1994, ch. 90.]