Title 19. Dorchester County — Subtitle 27. Prohibited Acts
Statutes in effect as of October 1, 2026.
Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. § 19-2701 (2026)
Title 19. Dorchester County
Subtitle 27. Prohibited Acts
§ 19–2701LinkCopy Citation
(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)
§ 6–305 (“Proof of age for sale of alcoholic beverages”);
(2)
§ 6–306 (“Defense to prosecution for sale to underage individual”);
(3)
§ 6–308 (“Allowing on–premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from license holder”);
(4)
§ 6–309 (“Allowing on–premises consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages by individual under the age of 21 years”);
(5)
§ 6–310 (“Providing free food”);
(6)
§ 6–311 (“Restrictions on purchases and sales by retail dealer”);
(7)
§ 6–312 (“Beverage misrepresentation”);
(8)
§ 6–313 (“Tampering with alcoholic beverage container”);
(9)
§ 6–314 (“Sale of alcoholic beverage container with detachable metal tab”);
(10)
§ 6–315 (“Alcoholic beverage in container without regular label presumed illicit”);
(11)
§ 6–316 (“Maximum alcohol content”);
(12)
§ 6–317 (“Multiple serving purchase required”);
(13)
§ 6–320 (“Disorderly intoxication”);
(14)
§ 6–321 (“Consumption of alcoholic beverages in public”);
(15)
§ 6–323 (“Possession or use of Alcohol Without Liquid machine”);
(16)
§ 6–326 (“Sale of alcoholic beverages in powder or crystalline form prohibited”);
(17)
§ 6–327 (“Unlicensed out–of–state sale of alcoholic beverages”);
(18)
§ 6–328 (“Tax evasion”);
(19)
§ 6–329 (“Destruction of evidence”); and
(20)
§ 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)
§ 6–304 (“Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to individual under the age of 21 years”), subject to § 19–2702 of this subtitle;
(2)
§ 6–307 (“Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to intoxicated individual”), subject to § 19–2703 of this subtitle;
(3)
§ 6–319 (“On–premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from license holder”), subject to § 19–2704 of this subtitle; and
(4)
§ 6–322 (“Possession of open container”), subject to § 19–2707 of this subtitle.
Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. § 19-2702 (2026)
Title 19. Dorchester County
Subtitle 27. Prohibited Acts
§ 19–2702LinkCopy Citation
(a)
A license holder or an employee of a license holder who is charged with a violation of § 6–304 of this article:
(1)
shall receive a summons to appear in court on a certain day to answer the charges placed against the license holder or employee; and
(2)
may not be required to post bail pending trial in any court in the State.
(b)
A license holder or an employee of a license holder may not be found guilty of a violation of § 6–304 of this article if:
(1)
the license holder or employee establishes to the satisfaction of the finder of fact that the license holder or employee used due caution to establish that the individual was not under the age of 21 years; and
(2)
the individual was not a resident of the State.
(c)
The granting of probation before judgment to a license holder or employee of the license holder for a violation of § 6–304 of this article does not bar the Board from proceeding administratively against the license holder for the violation.
Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. § 19-2703 (2026)
Title 19. Dorchester County
Subtitle 27. Prohibited Acts
§ 19–2703LinkCopy Citation
(a)
A license holder or an employee of a license holder who is charged with a violation of § 6–307 of this article:
(1)
shall receive a summons to appear in court on a certain day to answer the charges placed against the license holder or employee; and
(2)
may not be required to post bail pending trial in any court in the State.
(b)
The granting of probation before judgment to a license holder or employee of the license holder for a violation of § 6–307 of this article does not bar the Board from proceeding administratively against the license holder for the violation.
Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. § 19-2704 (2026)
Title 19. Dorchester County
Subtitle 27. Prohibited Acts
§ 19–2704LinkCopy Citation
(a)
A person may not display or consume in a licensed establishment any alcoholic beverage other than those that the license holder of the licensed establishment may sell.
(b)
A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $25.
Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. § 19-2705 (2026)
Title 19. Dorchester County
Subtitle 27. Prohibited Acts
§ 19–2705LinkCopy Citation
An individual under the age of 21 years may not be on the premises for which a Class D (on–sale) beer, wine, and liquor license has been issued.
Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. § 19-2706 (2026)
Title 19. Dorchester County
Subtitle 27. Prohibited Acts
§ 19–2706LinkCopy Citation
(a)
A license holder may not allow an individual under the age of 21 years to loiter about the premises for which the license is issued.
(b)
A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. § 19-2707 (2026)
Title 19. Dorchester County
Subtitle 27. Prohibited Acts
§ 19–2707LinkCopy Citation
An individual may possess an alcoholic beverage in an open container on private property described under § 6–322(a)(1) of this article only if the individual possesses and presents the written consent of the owner of the property.