# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 11. Anne Arundel County

### Subtitle 21. Revocation and Suspension of Licenses

#### Section 11-2101

(a) The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 6 ("Revocation and Suspension of Local Licenses") of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:

  (1) Sec. 4-602 ("Power of local licensing board");

  (2) Sec. 4-604 ("Grounds for revocation or suspension"); and

  (3) Sec. 4-606 ("Effects of revocation").

(b) The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 6 ("Revocation and Suspension of Local Licenses") of Division I of this article apply in the county:

  (1) Sec. 4-603 ("Revocation and suspension procedures"), subject to Sec.Sec. 11-2102 and 11-2103 of this subtitle; and

  (2) Sec. 4-605 ("Nudity and sexual displays"), subject to Sec. 11-2104 of this subtitle.

#### Section 11-2102

(a)

  (1) In addition to the revocation and suspension procedures provided under Sec. 4-603 of this article, the Board may immediately suspend a license if it is alleged by a person specified under paragraph (2) of this subsection that the license holder has sold or provided alcoholic beverages to an individual under the age of 21 years with such frequency and during such a limited time so as to demonstrate a willful failure to comply with Sec. 6-304 of this article.

  (2) An allegation under paragraph (1) of this subsection may be made by:

    (i) the Comptroller or an agent or employee of the Comptroller;

    (ii) the Executive Director or an agent or employee of the Executive Director;

    (iii) the Board or an agent or employee of the Board; or

    (iv) a peace officer.

(b) A suspension under this section may not exceed 7 days.

(c) If a license is suspended under this section, the Board shall:

  (1) hold a hearing on the matter within 7 days after the suspension begins; and

  (2) give notice to the license holder at least 2 days before the hearing.

(d) If the Board fails to provide the license holder with notice of a hearing before the end of the fifth day after a suspension begins:

  (1) the suspension shall end; and

  (2) the license holder shall be allowed to resume the sale of alcoholic beverages on the next day allowed under the license.

(e) This section does not prevent a license holder whose license is suspended under this section from seeking an injunction or other appropriate relief.

#### Section 11-2103

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, instead of ordering the revocation or suspension of a license, the Board may order a license holder to exchange the license for a lesser license:

  (1) under which only alcoholic beverages of a lower alcoholic content or of a more limited kind than under the license ordered exchanged may be sold; and

  (2) that has fewer privileges or more or greater restrictions than the license ordered exchanged.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section applies only if:

  (1) after a hearing, the Board finds that a license holder or the operation of a licensed premises has violated or is violating this article; and

  (2) the penalty for the violation requires or allows a license to be revoked or suspended.

#### Section 11-2104

(a) This section applies only to an entertainment facility license issued under Sec. 11-1005 of this title.

(b) Notwithstanding the mandatory revocation requirement for local licensing boards under Sec. 4-605(a) of this article, after a finding that an activity listed in Sec. 4-605 of this article has occurred, the Board may revoke the license.

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Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)