Section 18-101 - Retail and wholesale establishments. - Maryland Statutes

§ 18-101. Retail and wholesale establishments.
 

(a)  Scope of section.-  

(1) This section does not apply to the laws that relate to the sale of alcoholic beverages. 

(2) This section does not apply in Wicomico County. 

(b)  Business on Sunday allowed.- Subject to this section and § 3-704 of the Labor and Employment Article, a retail or wholesale establishment may do business on Sunday. 

(c)  Merchants not required to open; cancellation of lease prohibited.- Notwithstanding an agreement to the contrary between a merchant and landlord: 

(1) the landlord may not directly or indirectly require the merchant to open the merchant's place of business on Sunday; and 

(2) a landlord may not directly or indirectly cancel or refuse to renew the merchant's lease because the merchant refuses to open the merchant's place of business on Sunday. 

(d)  Car dealers.- Except in Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George's counties, and except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, a new or used car dealer may not sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motor vehicle or certificate of title for a motor vehicle on Sunday. 

(e)  Dealers in camping trailers, mobile homes, or travel trailers.- In Anne Arundel County, a dealer may sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale on Sunday a new or used camping trailer, mobile home, or travel trailer, as those terms are defined in Title 11 of the Transportation Article. 

(f)  Penalty.- A new or used car dealer who violates subsection (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $10,000. 

(g)  Motorcycle dealers - Anne Arundel County and Worcester County.- In Anne Arundel County and Worcester County, a dealer may sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motorcycle, as defined in § 11-136 of the Transportation Article, or certificate of title for a motorcycle on Sunday. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 493; 1992, ch. 4, § 2; ch. 132; 1996, ch. 139; 2004, ch. 25, § 6; 2009, ch. 425; 2010, ch. 410.]