# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 13. Baltimore County

### Subtitle 26. Enforcement

#### Section 13-2601

(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. 6-204 ("Power to summon witnesses");

  (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) The following sections of Title 6, Subtitle 2 ("Enforcement") of Division I of this article do not apply in the county:

  (1) Sec. 6-205 ("Peace officers"); and

  (2) Sec. 6-210 ("State preemption of local disorderly intoxication laws"), which is superseded by Sec. 13-2602 of this subtitle.

#### Section 13-2602

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 13-2603

(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.

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