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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 43B-4 Duties of persons responsible.">
  <section prefix="§" num="43B-4" heading="Duties of persons responsible.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">Every person responsible for any premises is required to maintain, manage, and supervise the premises and all persons on or in the premises in a manner so as not to violate the provisions of this subtitle.</para>
      <para num="(2)">A person responsible for any premises remains liable for a neighborhood nuisance or an unruly social event even if that person was not  present during the nuisance activity or the social event.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Owner or operator.">An owner or operator of the premises remains liable for violating this subtitle regardless of any contract or agreement with any third party regarding the premises.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Parents of juveniles.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="Definitions.">
        <para num="(i)" heading="In general.">In this subsection, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
        <para num="(ii)" heading="Juvenile.">“Juvenile” means any individual who is under the age of 18.</para>
        <para num="(iii)" heading="Parent.">“Parent” means any natural parent, adoptive parent, step-parent, or foster parent.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Joint liability.">If the person responsible for the premises on or in which a neighborhood nuisance or an unruly social event occurs is a juvenile, then the juvenile and the parents or legal guardians of the juvenile are jointly and severally liable for the civil penalties imposed by this subtitle.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-389</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
