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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="11-701" title_number="11" title_name="Sales and Use Tax" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Engage in the business of an out–of–state vendor” means to sell or deliver tangible personal property or a taxable service for use in the State or a digital product or digital code to a customer tax address in the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Engage in the business of an out–of–state vendor” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>permanently or temporarily maintaining, occupying, or using any office, sales or sample room, or distribution, storage, warehouse, or other place for the sale of tangible personal property, a digital code, a digital product, or a taxable service directly or indirectly through an agent or subsidiary;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>having an agent, canvasser, representative, salesman, or solicitor operating in the State for the purpose of delivering, selling, or taking orders for tangible personal property, a digital code, a digital product, or a taxable service; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>entering the State on a regular basis to provide service or repair for tangible personal property or a digital product.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Engage in the business of a retail vendor” means to sell or deliver tangible personal property, a digital code, a digital product, or a taxable service in the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Engage in the business of a retail vendor” includes liquidating a business that sells tangible personal property, a digital code, a digital product, or a taxable service, when the liquidator holds out to the public that the business is conducted by the liquidator.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“License” means a license issued by the Comptroller:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to engage in the business of an out–of–state vendor;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to engage in the business of a retail vendor; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>to engage in the business of a marketplace facilitator.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“License” includes a special license issued under § 11–707 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
