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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="4-203" title_number="4" title_name="Local Licensing" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Local Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in Division II of this article, Title 3, Title 4, or Title 5 of this division, or subsection (b) of this section, more than one license may not be issued:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to an individual; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for the use of a partnership, a corporation, an unincorporated association, or a limited liability company.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A single individual may hold Class B beer, wine, and liquor licenses or Class BLX or equivalent licenses issued by different local licensing boards only for restaurants, hotels, or motels.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The number of licenses that a single individual may hold is limited only by the cap imposed by each local licensing board on the licenses that the local licensing board issues.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The licenses may be issued for the use of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the license holder; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a partnership, a corporation, an unincorporated association, or a limited liability company.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in Division II of this article or Title 3, Title 4, or Title 5 of this division, an individual may not be issued in the State more than one Class A, Class C, or Class D license for the use of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>that individual; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a partnership, a corporation, an unincorporated association, or a limited liability company.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
