# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 22. Harford County

### Subtitle 10. Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues

#### Section 22-1001.1

(a) There is a Class B-BB (bed and breakfast) beer, wine, and liquor license.

(b) The Board may issue the license to a license holder who is approved by the appropriate local governmental unit to operate a bed and breakfast that:

  (1) provides services ordinarily provided by a bed and breakfast;

  (2) has at least one room but not more than 10 rooms, each with sleeping accommodations, excluding resident management quarters, that the public for consideration may use for a specified time; and

  (3) has a kitchen facility that has been approved by the appropriate local governmental unit.

(c) The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor to a guest if:

  (1) the name and address of the guest appears on the registry that the bed and breakfast maintains; and

  (2) the guest is an occupant of a sleeping room in the bed and breakfast.

(d) The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor for on-premises consumption to a guest of a catered event at the bed and breakfast if:

  (1) the license holder is under contract to cater the event;

  (2) the license holder caters the event; and

  (3) food is served at the catered event.

(e) The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor for on-premises consumption during the hours and days as set out for a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license under Sec. 22-2004 of this title.

(f) The license does not authorize the sale of beer, wine, and liquor to an individual who:

  (1) is not a guest of the bed and breakfast; or

  (2) is registered as a guest at the bed and breakfast only to obtain beer, wine, and liquor.

(g)

  (1) A bed and breakfast may not be operated only to sell or provide beer, wine, and liquor.

  (2) If the bed and breakfast ends operations as a bed and breakfast:

    (i) the license is void; and

    (ii) the license holder shall return the license to the Board.

(h) The Board shall adopt regulations to:

  (1) carry out this section; and

  (2) ensure that the primary purpose of the license is to allow the license holder to operate a bed and breakfast.

(i) The annual license fee is $1,000.

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