# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 5. General Beer Regulation

### Subtitle 1. Beer Franchise Fair Dealing Act

#### Section 5-104

A beer manufacturer may not:

(1) induce or coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce, a beer distributor to accept delivery of an alcoholic beverage, any form of advertisement, or another commodity that the beer distributor did not order;

(2) induce or coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce, a beer distributor to do an illegal act or thing, or to do an act unfair to the beer distributor, by threatening to cancel, terminate, or refuse to renew a beer franchise agreement that exists between the beer manufacturer, or its representative, and the beer distributor; or

(3) fail or refuse to deliver to a beer distributor with a beer franchise agreement any beer that the beer manufacturer or its agents advertised publicly for immediate sale promptly after the beer manufacturer received an order from the beer distributor.

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