# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 12. Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers and Pawnbrokers

### Subtitle 2. Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers

#### Section 12-206

(a) A license authorizes the licensee to do business as a dealer only at the address for which the license is issued.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a dealer who holds a license under this subtitle may:

  (1) make purchases at an estate and judicial sale; and

  (2) transact business at the residence of the owner of a precious metal object or a place where the owner keeps a precious metal object:

    (i) on request of the owner; and

    (ii) after giving written notice of the proposed transaction and its location to the local law enforcement unit with jurisdiction over that location.

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