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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="18-101" title_number="18" title_name="Sunday Blue Laws" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="State Sunday Blue Laws">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section does not apply to the laws that relate to the sale of alcoholic beverages.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not apply in Wicomico County.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to this section and § 3–704 of the Labor and Employment Article, a retail or wholesale establishment may do business on Sunday.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Notwithstanding an agreement to the contrary between a merchant and landlord:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the landlord may not directly or indirectly require the merchant to open the merchant’s place of business on Sunday; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a landlord may not directly or indirectly cancel or refuse to renew the merchant’s lease because the merchant refuses to open the merchant’s place of business on Sunday.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Except in Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George’s counties, and except as provided in subsections (g), (h), and (i) of this section, a new or used car dealer may not sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motor vehicle or certificate of title for a motor vehicle on Sunday.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>In Anne Arundel County, a dealer may sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale on Sunday a new or used camping trailer, mobile home, or travel trailer, as those terms are defined in Title 11 of the Transportation Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A new or used car dealer who violates subsection (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $10,000.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>In Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Harford County, and Worcester County, a dealer may sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motorcycle, as defined in § 11–136 of the Transportation Article, or certificate of title for a motorcycle on Sunday.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>In Baltimore City, a used car dealer may sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motor vehicle or certificate of title for a motor vehicle on Sunday, instead of Saturday, if the dealer notifies the Motor Vehicle Administration in advance that the dealer intends to conduct business on Sunday, instead of Saturday.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>In Charles County, the County Commissioners, after a public hearing, may adopt an ordinance authorizing a new or used car dealer to sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motor vehicle or certificate of title for a motor vehicle on Sunday.</text>
  </level>
</section>
