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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="26-1510" title_number="26" title_name="Prince George's County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may obtain a Class A license of any kind to have the Board declare the license to be extinguished.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The person shall inform the Board of the purpose for obtaining the license.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Board shall declare the license to be extinguished when the person comes into possession of the license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A person that obtains a license under this section may not exercise the privileges of, sell, assign, or apply for transfer of the license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A license that is extinguished under this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may not be replaced by the Board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>counts as one of the number of licenses in the appropriate class listed in § 26–1601 of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Within 10 days after coming into possession of the license from a transfer, the person shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>surrender the license to the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide evidence to satisfy the Board that all taxes or obligations owed by the transferors to wholesalers or other persons have been paid.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may impose on a person who violates this section a penalty not exceeding $1,000.</text>
  </level>
</section>
