§ 18-202. Retail and wholesale establishments

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

(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. -- 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) Injunction authorized. -- The State's Attorney of Wicomico County may sue in the circuit court for Wicomico County to enjoin a violation of this section.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 500; 1992, ch. 4, § 2.