# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 16. Carroll County

### Subtitle 27. Prohibited Acts

#### Section 16-2701

(a) The following sections of Title 6, Subtitle 3 ("Prohibited Acts") of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:

  (1) Sec. 6-304 ("Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to individual under the age of 21 years");

  (2) Sec. 6-305 ("Proof of age for sale of alcoholic beverages");

  (3) Sec. 6-306 ("Defense to prosecution for sale to underage individual");

  (4) Sec. 6-307 ("Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to intoxicated individual");

  (5) Sec. 6-309 ("Allowing on-premises consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages by individual under the age of 21 years");

  (6) Sec. 6-310 ("Providing free food");

  (7) Sec. 6-311 ("Restrictions on purchases and sales by retail dealer");

  (8) Sec. 6-312 ("Beverage misrepresentation");

  (9) Sec. 6-313 ("Tampering with alcoholic beverage container");

  (10) Sec. 6-314 ("Sale of alcoholic beverage container with detachable metal tab");

  (11) Sec. 6-315 ("Alcoholic beverage in container without regular label presumed illicit");

  (12) Sec. 6-316 ("Maximum alcohol content");

  (13) Sec. 6-317 ("Multiple serving purchase required");

  (14) Sec. 6-320 ("Disorderly intoxication");

  (15) Sec. 6-321 ("Consumption of alcoholic beverages in public");

  (16) Sec. 6-323 ("Possession or use of Alcohol Without Liquid machine");

  (17) Sec. 6-326 ("Sale of alcoholic beverages in powder or crystalline form prohibited");

  (18) Sec. 6-327 ("Unlicensed out-of-state sale of alcoholic beverages");

  (19) Sec. 6-328 ("Tax evasion");

  (20) Sec. 6-329 ("Destruction of evidence"); and

  (21) Sec. 6-330 ("Perjury").

(b) The following sections of Title 6, Subtitle 3 ("Prohibited Acts") of Division I of this article apply in the county:

  (1) Sec. 6-308 ("Allowing on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from license holder"), subject to Sec. 16-2702 of this subtitle;

  (2) Sec. 6-319 ("On-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from license holder"), subject to Sec. 16-2702 of this subtitle; and

  (3) Sec. 6-322 ("Possession of open container"), subject to Sec. 16-2703 of this subtitle.

#### Section 16-2702

Sections 6-308 and 6-319 of this article do not apply to:

(1) a holder of a temporary license; or

(2) an individual consuming alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises of a holder of a temporary license.

#### Section 16-2703

(a) An individual may possess an alcoholic beverage in an open container on private property described under Sec. 6-322(a)(1) of this article only if the individual possesses and presents the written consent of the owner of the property.

(b) In addition to the prohibitions listed in Sec. 6-321 of this article, an individual may not possess in an open container an alcoholic beverage while on a motorcycle located in the places listed in Sec. 6-321 of this article, unless the individual possesses and presents the written consent of the owner of the property.

#### Section 16-2704

(a) In this section, "knowingly" means the knowledge a reasonable individual would have under ordinary circumstances based on the habits, appearance, or personal reputation of an individual.

(b) A license holder or an employee of a license holder may not knowingly sell or provide an alcoholic beverage to a habitual drunkard.

(c) A license holder who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:

  (1) for a first offense, a fine not exceeding $50; and

  (2) for each subsequent offense, imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or a fine not exceeding $100 or both.

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