# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 19. Miscellaneous State Business Regulation

### Subtitle 3. Returnable Containers and Returnable Textiles

#### Section 19-305

A District Court judge shall issue a search warrant, authorizing a search of the premises specified in the warrant, to a sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other law enforcement officer to whom a warrant may be directed, if a person who has registered a returnable container or returnable textile, or the person's agent, makes an affidavit before the judge, stating that:

(1) the affiant demonstrates probable cause to believe that a violation of Sec. 19-304(a), (b), (c), or (d) of this subtitle has occurred; and

(2) evidence of the violation may be obtained by a search of premises specified by the affiant.

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