# Division 3. Permits, Certificates, and Licenses

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Division 3. Permits, Certificates, and Licenses

### Sec. 11-201. Permit for explosives

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 11-201 (2026)

The provisions of Sections 11-105 through 11-107, Public Safety Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, are fully applicable in Prince George's County. (See Title 11, Subtitle 1, Public Safety Article for State licensing requirements and penalty provisions.)

### Sec. 11-202. Building permits

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 11-202 (2026)

(a) Fire Chief approval. No building permit for construction, modification, addition to or other changes in any building, except ordinary repairs as defined in Subtitle 4 of this County Code, shall be issued without the approval of the Fire Chief or authorized representative.

(b) Authority to require exposure or stop work. Whenever any installation requiring Fire/EMS Department inspection is covered or concealed without first being inspected, the Fire Chief or authorized representative, after exhausting other reasonable means to establish compliance, may require upon written notice that such work is exposed for inspection. Any cost of such exposing and recovering shall be borne by the permittee. When any construction work is being performed in violation of this Subtitle, the Fire Chief or authorized representative may issue a written notice to the responsible party to stop construction or repairs on that portion of the work in violation. The notice shall state the nature of the violation and that it shall be unlawful to continue to work on that portion until the violation has been corrected.

(c) Use and Occupancy permits issued by the County Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement. Before a Use and Occupancy permit may be issued to occupy a building that has been issued a County building permit, the Fire Chief or authorized representative shall inspect and approve the construction for compliance with the approved plans.

### Sec. 11-203. Certificates of approval for fire warning systems

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 11-203 (2026)

Required. It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or through an agent, to sell, offer for sale, rent, lease or install any type of fire warning system until a certificate of approval has been issued by the Fire Chief or authorized representative.

### Sec. 11-204. Reserved

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 11-204 (2026)

### Sec. 11-205. Burning cross or other religious symbol prohibited

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 11-205 (2026)

No person shall burn or cause to be burned any cross or other religious symbol upon any private or public property within Prince George's County without the express consent of the owner of such property and without having first obtained a permit for such burning from the Fire Chief or authorized representative. Any person or persons who violate the provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall suffer punishment by imprisonment in the County jail for a period not to exceed one (1) year or shall be fined an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) or shall suffer both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

### Sec. 11-206. Failure to obtain permit, approval or certificate

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 11-206 (2026)

(a) Any person who sells, offers for sale, installs, operates, maintains or uses any appliance, device, equipment, system or process or who constructs any building or modifies, excluding repairs, any existing structure, which actions require a permit, approval or certificate under this Subtitle from the Fire Chief or authorized representative, and has not obtained the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Any person who stores, handles or uses any material for which a permit is required and who has not obtained the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

### Sec. 11-207. Operation without a valid permit, or under an expired, suspended or revoked permit

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 11-207 (2026)

(a) Any permittee who engages in any business, operation or occupation or uses any premises after the permit issued therefor has been suspended or revoked or has expired, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Any person who engages in any business, operation or occupation or uses any premises and who has failed to obtain an appropriate permit and fire inspection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

### Sec. 11-208 through 11-250. Reserved

Prince George's County, Md., Code §§ 11-208–11-250 (2026)