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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1807" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Traders">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, an applicant for a trader’s license shall pay to the clerk a license fee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the applicant’s business is located in a county or municipal corporation that selects a uniform license fee under § 17–1806 of this subtitle, the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall pay the license fee set forth in subsection (b) of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the county or municipal corporation in which the business is located provides a full tax exemption for commercial inventory, may not be required to submit a certification by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the value of the goods, fixtures, and stock–in–trade under § 17–302 of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the applicant’s business is located in a county or municipal corporation with a license fee based on the value of the applicant’s stock–in–trade, the applicant shall pay the license fee under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies only to a county or municipal corporation that selects a uniform license fee for a trader’s license under § 17–1806 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In a county other than Baltimore City or Baltimore County, the license fee is $15.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In Baltimore City or Baltimore County, the license fee is $20.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies only to a county or municipal corporation with a license fee based on the value of the applicant’s stock–in–trade.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In a county other than Baltimore City or Baltimore County, the license fee is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$15, if the value of the applicant’s stock–in–trade is not more than $1,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$18, if the value is more than $1,000 but not more than $1,500;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>$20, if the value is more than $1,500 but not more than $2,500;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>$25, if the value is more than $2,500 but not more than $4,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>$30, if the value is more than $4,000 but not more than $6,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>$40, if the value is more than $6,000 but not more than $8,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>$50, if the value is more than $8,000 but not more than $10,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>$65, if the value is more than $10,000 but not more than $15,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>$80, if the value is more than $15,000 but not more than $20,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>$100, if the value is more than $20,000 but not more than $30,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>$125, if the value is more than $30,000 but not more than $40,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>$150, if the value is more than $40,000 but not more than $50,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiii">
        <text>$200, if the value is more than $50,000 but not more than $75,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiv">
        <text>$250, if the value is more than $75,000 but not more than $100,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xv">
        <text>$300, if the value is more than $100,000 but not more than $150,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xvi">
        <text>$350, if the value is more than $150,000 but not more than $200,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xvii">
        <text>$400, if the value is more than $200,000 but not more than $300,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xviii">
        <text>$500, if the value is more than $300,000 but not more than $400,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xix">
        <text>$600, if the value is more than $400,000 but not more than $500,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xx">
        <text>$750, if the value is more than $500,000 but not more than $750,000; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xxi">
        <text>$800, if the value is more than $750,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In Baltimore City, the license fee is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$20, if the value of the applicant’s stock–in–trade is not more than $1,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$40, if the value is more than $1,000 but not more than $5,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>$80, if the value is more than $5,000 but not more than $10,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>$160, if the value is more than $10,000 but not more than $50,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>$375, if the value is more than $50,000 but not more than $100,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>$1,000, if the value is more than $100,000 but not more than $300,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>$1,500, if the value is more than $300,000 but not more than $750,000; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>$2,125, if the value is more than $750,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>In Baltimore County, the license fee is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$20, if the value of the applicant’s stock–in–trade is not more than $1,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$40, if the value is more than $1,000 but not more than $5,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>$80, if the value is more than $5,000 but not more than $10,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>$160, if the value is more than $10,000 but not more than $50,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>$375, if the value is more than $50,000 but not more than $100,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>$450, if the value is more than $100,000 but not more than $200,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>$500, if the value is more than $200,000 but not more than $300,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>$775, if the value is more than $300,000 but not more than $400,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>$1,000, if the value is more than $400,000 but not more than $500,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>$1,250, if the value is more than $500,000 but not more than $750,000; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>$1,600, if the value is more than $750,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to a domestic corporation that has shares subject to taxation under State law.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In determining the value of an applicant’s stock–in–trade, the clerk shall accept as prima facie evidence the values shown on the certification of the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, or declaration of inventory from the applicant, as required by § 17–302 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A license fee shall be waived for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a visually handicapped applicant who meets the standards of § 17–1804(b)(1) of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Blind Industries.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
