§ 18-101. Retail and wholesale establishments

   (a) Scope of section. --

   (1) This section does not apply to the laws that relate to the sale of alcoholic beverages.

   (2) This section does not apply in Wicomico County.

(b) Business on Sunday allowed. -- Subject to this section and § 3-704 of the Labor and Employment Article, a retail or wholesale establishment may do business on Sunday.

(c) Merchants not required to open; cancellation of lease prohibited. -- Notwithstanding an agreement to the contrary between a merchant and landlord:

   (1) the landlord may not directly or indirectly require the merchant to open the merchant's place of business on Sunday; and

   (2) a landlord may not directly or indirectly cancel or refuse to renew the merchant's lease because the merchant refuses to open the merchant's place of business on Sunday.

(d) Car dealers. -- Except in Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George's counties, and except as provided in subsections (g) and (h) of this section, a new or used car dealer may not sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motor vehicle or certificate of title for a motor vehicle on Sunday.

(e) Dealers in camping trailers, mobile homes, or travel trailers. -- In Anne Arundel County, a dealer may sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale on Sunday a new or used camping trailer, mobile home, or travel trailer, as those terms are defined in Title 11 of the Transportation Article.

(f) Penalty. -- A new or used car dealer who violates subsection (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $ 10,000.

(g) Motorcycle dealers -- Anne Arundel County and Worcester County. -- In Anne Arundel County and Worcester County, a dealer may sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motorcycle, as defined in § 11-136 of the Transportation Article, or certificate of title for a motorcycle on Sunday.

(h) Motor vehicles -- Baltimore City. -- In Baltimore City, a used car dealer may sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motor vehicle or certificate of title for a motor vehicle on Sunday, instead of Saturday, if the dealer notifies the Motor Vehicle Administration in advance that the dealer intends to conduct business on Sunday, instead of Saturday.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 493; 1992, ch. 4, § 2; ch. 132; 1996, ch. 139; 2004, ch. 25, § 6; 2009, ch. 425; 2010, ch. 410; 2011, chs. 182, 183.