Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 17-2501 - Selling, serving, keeping, or allowing consumption of alcoholic beverages(a) A public club, room, or other unlicensed establishment, at a location under the control or possession of the establishment, may not:(1) sell or serve alcoholic beverages to a member or guest;(2) keep alcoholic beverages for a member or guest;(3) allow a customer to consume or to be served or given alcoholic beverages from the supplies that the customer has previously purchased or reserved; or(4) sell, serve, keep, or allow to be consumed setups or other component parts of mixed alcoholic drinks to a member or guest.(b) A person that operates a business establishment for profit that is not licensed under this article may not knowingly allow a customer to bring alcoholic beverages for consumption into the establishment.(c) A person that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000.Added by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 41, Sec. 2, eff. 7/1/2016.