# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 5. Cemeteries

### Subtitle 5. Cemetery Property

#### Section 5-501

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person may not buy, hold, or use, for burial:

  (1) more than 100 acres in the State; or

  (2) any land within the limits of a municipal corporation in the State, unless authorized to do so by the municipal corporation.

(b)

  (1) In the Spauldings Election District of Prince George's County, a person may buy, hold, or use, for burial, up to 125 acres in 1 tract.

  (2) In the Laurel Election District of Prince George's County, a person that operated a cemetery on or before June 1, 1955, may buy, hold, or use, for burial, up to 200 acres in 1 tract.

  (3) In the Kent Election District of Prince George's County, a person may buy, hold, or use, for burial, up to 150 acres in 1 tract.

(c) In Frederick County, a person may buy, hold, or use, for burial, up to 150 acres in 1 tract.

(d) In Baltimore County, a person may buy, hold, or use, for burial, up to 200 acres in 1 tract.

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