# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 13. Other Powers of Counties -- Regulatory

### Subtitle 3. Transient Vendors

#### Section 13-303

(a) This part applies to a transient vendor and the principal or agent of a transient vendor.

(b) This part does not apply to:

  (1) an auctioneer or any other traveler or selling agent in the usual course of business;

  (2) the mere solicitation of orders for the future delivery of goods in interstate commerce;

  (3) the sale of goods exhibited on grounds used by an agricultural society for the annual fair of that agricultural society;

  (4) a sale by any nonprofit organization or society for a charitable, religious, or other public purpose;

  (5) an exhibitor that is the sole producer of the products sold at:

    (i) a convention of a religious, civic, or charitable group; or

    (ii) a nonprofit trade association, concert, cultural event, art and craft show, sale, exhibition, or fair;

  (6) a sale by a farmer or a farmer's agent of produce from a truck or stand owned or leased by the farmer;

  (7) a show, a sale, an exhibition, or a fair conducted in the central pedestrian area of an enclosed shopping mall; or

  (8) a sale by a seller at a residence in accordance with an invitation by the owner or legal occupant of the residence.

(c) This part does not apply to a show, a sale, an exhibition, or a fair in Washington County:

  (1) that is conducted in the central pedestrian area of a nonenclosed commercial complex that:

    (i) is located on one parcel of land; and

    (ii) contains at least 450,000 square feet of floor space and at least 100 retail establishments;

  (2) that complies with all applicable codes and ordinances; and

  (3) for which all applicable permits have been obtained.

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Md. Code Ann., Local Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)