# Sec. 5-2706. Suspension or revocation of license

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.

## Sec. 5-2706. Suspension or revocation of license

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 5-2706 (2026)

(a) The Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement may suspend a license for a period not to exceed six (6) months or revoke any license granted pursuant to this Division upon a finding of any of the following facts:

  (1) The licensee or employees thereof have offered for sale or knowingly allowed to be consumed or possessed upon the licensed premises, or upon any parking areas, sidewalks, walkways, accessways or grounds immediately adjacent to the licensed premises, narcotics, dangerous drugs or fermented malt, malt, and vinous or spirituous beverages;

  (2) The licensee, manager or employee has allowed or has done nothing to prevent patrons from engaging in public displays of indecency as set forth in State and County law or has allowed patrons or employees to engage in acts of prostitution or negotiation for acts of prostitution within the licensed establishment or upon any parking areas, sidewalks, accessways or grounds immediately adjacent to the licensed adult book store or adult video store, when the licensee, manager or employee knew or should have known such displays or acts were taking place;

  (3) The licensee or manager made a false statement or gave false information in connection with an application for a license or a renewal of a license;

  (4) The manager or employee of the licensed adult book store and/or the adult video store is under the age of eighteen (18) years;

  (5) The licensee, in the case of a corporation, is not in good standing or authorized to do business in the State;

  (6) The licensee or an employee knowingly operated any aspect or facilities of the adult book store and/or adult video store during a period of time when the adult book store or adult video store license was suspended;

  (7) The licensee is delinquent in the payment of County taxes, fees, fines or penalties assessed against him/her or imposed against him/her in relation to an adult book store or adult video store; or

  (8) The licensee, manager or employee has knowingly allowed any act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation or masturbation, to occur within the licensed premises.

(b) Nothing in this Division shall prohibit the County from taking any other enforcement action provided by the County Code, County Zoning Ordinance, and the laws of the State or of the United States.

(c) When the Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement revokes a license, the revocation shall continue for one year, and the licensee shall not be issued an adult book store or adult video store license for one year from the date the revocation became effective.