# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 10. Motor Fuel and Lubricants

### Subtitle 5

#### Section 10-501

(a) Each container of automotive crankcase oil offered for sale at wholesale or retail shall be labeled with the appropriate API/SAE classification and SAE viscosity number, as defined by the API engine service classification system.

(b) Each container of crankcase oil or other lubricant that has been used for lubrication and then reclaimed, refined, or reconditioned shall be labeled with the word "reconditioned".

#### Section 10-502

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a refiner or other supplier of motor fuel to a retail service station may not engage in, sponsor, promote, advertise, or otherwise perform or participate in a game of chance to be marketed or offered to the public at a retail service station in the State.

(b)

  (1) A supplier of motor fuel authorized under this title to supply retail service stations may, at such stations, sponsor, promote, advertise, or otherwise perform or participate in a game of chance if the retail service station dealer agrees to participate in the game of chance.

  (2) A supplier of motor fuel authorized under this section to conduct a game of chance may not require a retail service station dealer to participate in the game of chance.

#### Section 10-503

(a) In this section, "dirt bike" has the meaning stated in Sec. 21-1128 of the Transportation Article.

(b) This section applies only in Baltimore City.

(c) A retail service station dealer shall post a sign in a conspicuous location at the retail service station that states:

  (1) the provisions of the Baltimore City Code that prohibit a service station or any other person from selling, transferring, or dispensing motor fuel for delivery into a dirt bike; and

  (2) the provisions of Sec. 21-1128 of the Transportation Article that prohibit a person from dispensing motor fuel into a dirt bike.

(d) The Comptroller, in consultation with the Washington, Maryland, Delaware Service Station and Automotive Repair Association, shall adopt guidelines for the design of a sign required under this section.

(e) If a retail service station dealer does not post a sign as required by this section, the retail service station dealer:

  (1) for a first offense, shall receive a warning; and

  (2) for a second or subsequent offense, is subject to a civil penalty of $100.

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