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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="36-503" title_number="36" title_name="Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Agent, Owner, and License Transfer Requirements">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A cannabis license granted under this title is not transferable except as provided in this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To transfer ownership or control of a license issued under this title, a licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall submit to the Administration:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an application fee in an amount to be determined by the Administration in accordance with this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an application developed by the Administration; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>must meet the requirements for transfer of ownership or control established by the Administration under this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A cannabis licensee, including a cannabis licensee whose license was converted in accordance with § 36–401 of this title, may not transfer ownership or control of the license for a period of at least 5 years following licensure.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The 5–year period specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection does not include the time period that a business is considered by the Administration to be in a preapproved licensure status.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The limitations under this subsection do not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>transfers as a result of the disability, incapacity, or death of the owner of a cannabis license, bankruptcy or receivership in accordance with a lending agreement of a cannabis licensee, or court order; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the sale of a cannabis licensee to the licensee’s employees through an employee stock ownership plan as defined in § 407(d)(6)(A) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The limitations under this subsection do not apply to a transfer of ownership that is the subject of a legally binding settlement agreement resulting from litigation commenced on or before January 1, 2023.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
