# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 6. Forfeitures; Enforcement; Prohibited Acts; Penalties

### Subtitle 3. Prohibited Acts

#### Section 6-328

(a) A person may not:

  (1) knowingly or willfully possess, transport, sell, offer for sale, or, on the person's property, store or authorize storage of an alcoholic beverage on which the tax imposed by the Tax - General Article has not been paid;

  (2) evade a tax imposed on an alcoholic beverage under the Tax - General Article;

  (3) counterfeit a stamp or certificate required under this article or the Tax - General Article; or

  (4) violate a regulation that the Comptroller or the Executive Director adopts under this article or the Tax - General Article.

(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.

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