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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="5-501" title_number="5" title_name="Cemeteries" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Cemetery Property">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person may not buy, hold, or use, for burial:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>more than 100 acres in the State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any land within the limits of a municipal corporation in the State, unless authorized to do so by the municipal corporation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In Frederick County, a person may buy, hold, or use, for burial, up to 150 acres in 1 tract.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In Baltimore County, a person may buy, hold, or use, for burial, up to 200 acres in 1 tract.</text>
  </level>
</section>
