# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 23. Howard County

### Subtitle 25. Unlicensed Establishments

#### Section 23-2502

(a) A person may not bring into a place of adult entertainment and consume or transfer alcoholic beverages, if the entertainment in the place is adult entertainment described in Sec. 4-605 of this article.

(b) A person who operates a place of adult entertainment may not allow a female entertainer to exhibit her breasts below the top of the areola or exhibit the cleft of her buttocks.

(c)

  (1) A person who operates a place of adult entertainment who knowingly allows a violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 for each violation.

  (2) Each day of operation in violation of this section is a separate violation.

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