# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 17. Miscellaneous State Business Licenses

### Subtitle 10. Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors

#### Section 17-1002

(a) This subtitle does not apply to:

  (1) a dealer or pawnbroker licensed under Title 12 of this article;

  (2) a person doing business other than junk business or scrap metal business whenever the person:

    (i) buys or transports junk or scrap metal used in the operation of the business; or

    (ii) transports, for disposal or sale, junk or scrap metal accumulated by the business to dispose of or sell the junk or scrap metal; or

  (3) a vehicle that a common carrier uses to transport junk or scrap metal in the business of the common carrier.

(b) Except as provided in Sec. 17-1012 of this subtitle, this subtitle does not apply to antique dealers.

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