Title 33. Worcester County — Subtitle 27. Prohibited Acts
Statutes in effect as of October 1, 2026.
Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. § 33-2701 (2026)
Title 33. Worcester County
Subtitle 27. Prohibited Acts
§ 33–2701LinkCopy 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)
§ 6–307 (“Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to intoxicated individual”);
(4)
§ 6–308 (“Allowing on–premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from license holder”);
(5)
§ 6–309 (“Allowing on–premises consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages by individual under the age of 21 years”);
(6)
§ 6–310 (“Providing free food”);
(7)
§ 6–311 (“Restrictions on purchases and sales by retail dealer”);
(8)
§ 6–312 (“Beverage misrepresentation”);
(9)
§ 6–313 (“Tampering with alcoholic beverage container”);
(10)
§ 6–314 (“Sale of alcoholic beverage container with detachable metal tab”);
(11)
§ 6–315 (“Alcoholic beverage in container without regular label presumed illicit”);
(12)
§ 6–316 (“Maximum alcohol content”);
(13)
§ 6–317 (“Multiple serving purchase required”);
(14)
§ 6–319 (“On–premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from license holder”);
(15)
§ 6–320 (“Disorderly intoxication”);
(16)
§ 6–321 (“Consumption of alcoholic beverages in public”);
(17)
§ 6–323 (“Possession or use of Alcohol Without Liquid machine”);
(18)
§ 6–326 (“Sale of alcoholic beverages in powder or crystalline form prohibited”);
(19)
§ 6–327 (“Unlicensed out–of–state sale of alcoholic beverages”);
(20)
§ 6–328 (“Tax evasion”);
(21)
§ 6–329 (“Destruction of evidence”); and
(22)
§ 6–330 (“Perjury”).
(b)
Section 6–322 (“Possession of open container”) of Division I of this article does not apply in the county.
(c)
Section 6–304 (“Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to individual under the age of 21 years”) of Division I of this article applies in the county, subject to § 33–2702 of this subtitle.
Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. § 33-2702 (2026)
Title 33. Worcester County
Subtitle 27. Prohibited Acts
§ 33–2702LinkCopy Citation
(a)
A license holder or an employee of a license holder who is charged with a violation of § 6–304 of this article may be proceeded against on a charging document issued by the District Court for the county or by an indictment returned by the grand jury of the county.
(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 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.
Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. § 33-2703 (2026)
Title 33. Worcester County
Subtitle 27. Prohibited Acts
§ 33–2703LinkCopy Citation
(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a license holder may not allow an individual who is not a consumer to loiter on the premises for which the license is issued.
(b)
A restaurant may serve a meal without an alcoholic beverage to an individual.