# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 11. Anne Arundel County

### Subtitle 26. Enforcement

#### Section 11-2601

(a) The following sections of Title 6, Subtitle 2 ("Enforcement") of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:

  (1) Sec. 6-202 ("Inspections");

  (2) Sec. 6-203 ("Use of equipment to measure quantity and quality of alcoholic beverages");

  (3) Sec. 6-205 ("Peace officers");

  (4) Sec. 6-206 ("Charging document for unlawful sale of alcoholic beverage");

  (5) Sec. 6-207 ("Display of alcoholic beverages as prima facie evidence of sale");

  (6) Sec. 6-208 ("Regulating possession or consumption of alcohol in public places");

  (7) Sec. 6-209 ("Adoption of standards for authorization of consumption"); and

  (8) Sec. 6-211 ("Fines and forfeitures").

(b) Section 6-210 ("State preemption of local disorderly intoxication laws") of Division I of this article does not apply in the county and is superseded by Sec. 11-2602 of this subtitle.

(c) Section 6-204 ("Power to summon witnesses") of Division I of this article applies in the county, in addition to Sec. 11-2604 of this subtitle.

#### Section 11-2602

The county may:

(1) adopt an ordinance or resolution supplementing the prohibition against disorderly intoxication under Sec. 6-320 of this article; and

(2) regulate possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on public property, property used by the public, or a highway.

#### Section 11-2603

(a) The Board may subpoena records pertaining to a licensed establishment.

(b)

  (1) The Board may petition the circuit court if a witness refuses to produce a subpoenaed record.

  (2) The court may proceed by attachment against the witness as if the refusal had been by a witness summoned to appear in a case pending before the court.

(c)

  (1) The Board shall charge fees for the production and service of a summons.

  (2) The fees may be assessed only against a license holder or party whom the Board has adjudicated responsible for a violation of a law concerning alcoholic beverages.

  (3) The fees are:

    (i) $20, for the production of a summons by the clerk to the Board;

    (ii) $5, for an address provided by the clerk to the Board and the service is by mail; and

    (iii) $30, for each address if the service is by an investigator employed by the Board.

  (4) In addition to other fines, penalties, or costs that may be imposed, the Board shall also impose costs of $100 against a license holder or party whom the Board has found to have violated a law concerning alcoholic beverages.

#### Section 11-2604

In addition to the sheriff who may serve a summons under Sec. 6-204 of this article, an inspector that the Board employs and county police may serve a summons.

#### Section 11-2605

An inspector who investigates a license violation may issue a civil citation as provided in Sec. 10-119 of the Criminal Law Article.

#### Section 11-2606

The Board may call on other county administrative departments and all prosecuting officers to provide information and assistance that the Board considers necessary to carry out this article.

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