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§ 25-2702. Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to individual under the age of 21 years--Cr...

West's Annotated Code of MarylandAlcoholic Beverages and CannabisEffective: July 1, 2016

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (Refs & Annos)
Division II. Provisions Affecting Individual Jurisdictions [Titles 9-33] (Refs & Annos)
Title 25. Montgomery County (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 27. Prohibited Acts (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2016
MD Code, Alcoholic Beverages, § 25-2702
Formerly cited as MD CODE, Art. 2B, § 12-108
§ 25-2702. Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to individual under the age of 21 years--Criminal procedure
Currentness
Summons; bail
(a) A license holder or an employee of a license holder who is charged with a violation of § 6-304 of this article:
(1) shall receive a summons to appear in court on a certain day to answer the charges placed against the license holder or employee; and
(2) may not be required to post bail pending trial in any court in the State.
Due caution standard for nonresidents
(b) A license holder or an employee of a license holder may not be found guilty of a violation of § 6-304 of this article if:
(1) the license holder or employee establishes to the satisfaction of the finder of fact that the license holder or employee used due caution to establish that the individual was not under the age of 21 years; and
(2) the individual was not a resident of the State.
No bar to administrative action
(c) The granting of probation before judgment to a license holder or an employee of the license holder for a violation of § 6-304 of this article does not bar the Board from proceeding administratively against the license holder for the violation.

Credits

Added by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016.
MD Code, Alcoholic Beverages, § 25-2702, MD AL BEV § 25-2702
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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