# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 17. Miscellaneous State Business Licenses

### Subtitle 18. Traders

#### Section 17-1810

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a trader may transfer the trader's license to a person who:

  (1) buys the stock-in-trade of the trader; and

  (2) buys or rents the place of business of the trader.

(b)

  (1) A trader's license issued to a visually handicapped individual or Blind Industries is not transferable.

  (2) However, Blind Industries may change the manager of the place of business for which a trader's license was issued if the new manager has vision that meets the standard of Sec. 17-1804(b)(1) of this subtitle.

(c) Whenever a trader sells the trader's stock-in-trade and transfers the trader's license:

  (1) the transfer of the trader's license shall be reported to the clerk who issued the license; and

  (2) the clerk shall record the transfer of the trader's license.

(d)

  (1) In Baltimore County, the clerk may not issue a transferred trader's license without the approval of the zoning commissioner.

  (2) In Calvert County, the clerk may not issue a transferred trader's license unless the zoning requirements under Sec. 17-307 of this title are met.

(e) A person who buys a trader's license may do business as a trader for the rest of the term of the trader's license.

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