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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="1-402" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="General Licensing Regulation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A license or permit is not required for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a county official who sells certain seized alcoholic beverages, as set out in Title 6, Subtitle 1 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a sheriff, a receiver, an auctioneer, a trustee, an attorney, an executor, or an administrator who sells alcoholic beverages under a court order; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a common carrier, warehouseman, or other lienholder who sells alcoholic beverages under a lien.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Sales authorized by subsection (a) of this section may be made only to a license holder.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the purchaser in a sale described in subsection (a) of this section is a retail dealer, the seller shall pay the taxes imposed by § 5–102 of the Tax – General Article before delivery.</text>
  </level>
</section>
