# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 4. Local Licensing

### Subtitle 2. Issuance or Denial of Local Licenses

#### Section 4-207

(a) A local licensing board may not issue a license to a minor without a special order granted by a judge.

(b) A judge may grant a special order for the local licensing board to issue a license to a minor only on the recommendation of at least 10 residents of the district in which the license will be operative.

(c) If a local licensing board issues a license to a minor, the minor:

  (1) is responsible for each contract made in conducting business under the license; and

  (2) may be sued under each contract in a State court.

(d) The responsibility of the minor does not affect the responsibility of the parent of the minor under State and local law.

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