# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 12. Baltimore City

### Subtitle 26. Enforcement

#### Section 12-2604

(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 may charge fees for the production and service of a summons and hearing notice.

  (2) The fees are:

    (i) $25, for the production of hearing notices or summonses requested by parties appearing before the Board;

    (ii) $5, for each address served if the address is provided to the Board and the service is by mail; and

    (iii) $25, for each address served if the service is performed by an employee of the Board.

  (3) In addition to any other fine, penalty, or cost, the Board may impose a $100 administrative hearing fee on a license holder:

    (i) whom the Board charges with a violation of law concerning the sale of alcoholic beverages; or

    (ii) who requests a transfer or expansion of the license or a new license.

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