# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 16. Cigarettes

### Subtitle 2. Cigarette Business Licenses

#### Section 16-220

(a) The Executive Director shall seal a vending machine to prevent the sale or removal of cigarettes from the machine if:

  (1) a tax stamp is not visible on each visible package of cigarettes in the machine, as required by Sec. 16-209(b)(1) of this subtitle; or

  (2) the machine is not labeled as required by Sec. 16-209(b)(2) of this subtitle.

(b) If the violation for which a vending machine is sealed has been corrected in the presence of the Executive Director or the Executive Director's designee, the Executive Director shall remove the seal.

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