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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 2-18 Operating without license.">
  <section prefix="§" num="2-18" heading="Operating without license.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Order.">If an amusement device is operated without a license or registration required by this subtitle, the Director shall issue a written order to the proprietor or other person in charge of the premises to:<para num="(1)">immediately render the device inoperable; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">within 5 working days of the order:<para num="(i)">obtain the required license or registration; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">remove the device from the premises.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Confiscation or disablement.">The Director may confiscate the amusement device or render it inoperable if:<para num="(1)">the device is not immediately rendered inoperable, as ordered under subsection (a)(1) of this section;</para>
      <para num="(2)">after having been rendered inoperable, the device is placed back in operation without the required license or registration; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">the required license or registration is not obtained within the period specified in subsection (a)(2) of this section and the device has not been removed from the premises.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Redeeming confiscated device.">
      <para num="(1)">If an amusement device is confiscated by the Director under this section, the owner may redeem the device on payment of:<para num="(i)">a recovery charge, as established by the Board of Estimates from time to time; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">all outstanding registration and licensing taxes, fees, interest, and penalties.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">The recovery charge will be  set to cover the costs of transportation, storage, and other related expenses.</para>
      <para num="(3)">If a device is not redeemed within 180 days after its confiscation, the device is considered abandoned.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Reinstating disabled device.">
      <para num="(1)">If an amusement device is rendered inoperable by the Director under this section, the owner may have the device reinstated on payment of:<para num="(i)">a reinstatement charge, as established by the Board of Estimates from time to time; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">all outstanding registration and licensing taxes, fees, interest, and penalties.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">The reinstatement charge will be  set to cover all costs associated with rendering the device inoperable and operable.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-706</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-337</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
