Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. § 17-1804

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Current — January 1, 2023

As of January 1, 2019

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a person must have a trader’s license whenever the person:

(1) does business as a trader in the State; or

(2) does business as an exhibitor in the State.

(b) A separate trader’s license is required for each store or fixed place of business that a person operates in the State.

(1) a grower, maker, or manufacturer of goods;

(2) a nonresident traveling salesperson, sample merchant, or representative of a foreign mercantile or manufacturing business while selling to or soliciting an order from a licensed trader in the State; or

(3) a private individual while publicly selling the individual’s personal effects on the individual’s property, if the individual holds only 1 sale not exceeding 14 consecutive days in a calendar year.

(d) (1) An exhibitor need not get a trader’s license for a show if the show is promoted by:

(i) a church, as defined in § 5–301(b) of the Corporations and Associations Article;

(ii) a governmental unit;

(iii) an amateur radio organization;

(iv) an antique vehicle, machine, and equipment organization;

(v) a volunteer fire department or rescue squad; or

(vi) a model train collectors’ association.

(2) An exhibitor need not get a trader’s license for a show if the exhibitor gives to the promoter an exhibitor’s affidavit stating that the exhibitor:

(i) receives less than 10% of the exhibitor’s annual income from selling the kind of goods that the exhibitor will display and sell at the show; and

(ii) has not participated in more than three shows, not including participation in one show sponsored by a national organization that is exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, during the previous 365 days.

(3) An exhibitor at an antique show, coin show, or collector show need not get a trader’s license for the show if the exhibitor gives to the promoter an exhibitor’s affidavit stating that the exhibitor:

(i) will display and sell at the show;

(ii) receives less than 10% of the exhibitor’s annual income in the State from selling the kind of goods that the exhibitor will display and sell at the show; and

(iii) has not participated in more than three antique shows, coin shows, or collector shows in the State during the previous 365 days.

(4) An exhibitor who has a trader’s license need not get an additional trader’s license for a show if, before the show, the exhibitor gives the promoter a photocopy of the trader’s license.

(a) An applicant for a trader’s license shall state in the application the place where the applicant will do business as a trader.

(b) (1) An applicant for a trader’s license may apply under this subsection if the applicant has a defect in vision such that:

(i) visual acuity in the applicant’s better eye does not exceed 20/140 with correcting lenses; or

(ii) the widest diameter of the applicant’s visual field subtends an angle not exceeding 20 degrees.

(2) An applicant for a trader’s license under this subsection shall submit to the clerk:

(i) a signed certificate, from a licensed physician who specializes in treatment of the eye, that the applicant’s vision meets the standard of paragraph (1) of this subsection; and

(ii) an affidavit that the applicant is the owner of the place of business listed in the application.

(3) Blind Industries also may apply for a trader’s license under this subsection for a business that it operates, if Blind Industries submits to the clerk an affidavit that:

(i) Blind Industries operates the business listed in the application; and

(ii) the manager of the business has vision that meets the standard of paragraph (1) of this subsection.

Official source: Maryland General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Maryland statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.