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Maryland Code, Business Regulation § 16-223

Current as of December 31, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) This section applies to a person who is engaged in the business of selling or distributing cigarettes.

(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person covered under this section may not:

(i) sell or ship cigarettes, ordered or purchased by mail or through a computer network, telephonic network, or other electronic network by a consumer or other unlicensed recipient, directly to a consumer or other unlicensed recipient in this State; or

(ii) cause cigarettes, ordered or purchased by mail or through a computer network, telephonic network, or other electronic network by a consumer or other unlicensed recipient, to be shipped directly to a consumer or other unlicensed recipient in this State.

(2) A licensed retailer may deliver no more than two cartons of cigarettes directly to a consumer if the delivery is made by the licensed retailer or an employee of the licensed retailer.

(c)(1) A licensee who sells or ships cigarettes in violation of this section or causes cigarettes to be shipped in violation of this section is:

(i) subject to discipline by the Executive Director under § 16-210 of this subtitle; and

(ii) guilty of a felony and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $50 for each carton of cigarettes transported or imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or both.

(2) A person other than a licensee who sells or ships cigarettes in violation of this section or causes cigarettes to be shipped in violation of this section is guilty of a felony and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $50 for each carton of cigarettes transported or imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or both.

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