Maryland Statutes
Business Regulation
Title 10 - Motor Fuel and Lubricants

Subtitle 1 - Definitions

Section 10-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...

Subtitle 2 - Administration and Enforcement

Section 10-201 - Administration and Enforcement - (a) (1) The Comptroller shall administer and enforce this title....

Section 10-202 - Regulations - (a) The Comptroller may adopt regulations necessary to administer and...

Section 10-203 - Duty to Analyze Motor Fuel - (a) The Comptroller periodically shall collect or cause to be...

Section 10-204 - Injunction to Bar Marketing Violation - If the Comptroller finds that a person is willfully marketing...

Section 10-205 - Liquefied Petroleum Gas - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Subtitle 3 - Inspection and Sale of Motor Fuel

Section 10-301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 10-302 - Motor Fuel Subject to Inspection and Analysis - (a) All motor fuel stored or offered for sale in...

Section 10-303 - Registration Required Before Sale or Storage of Motor Fuel - (a) Before storing or selling motor fuel in the State,...

Section 10-304 - Registration of Certain Retail Service Station Dealers Prohibited - (a) The Comptroller may not issue a certificate of registration...

Section 10-304.1 - Sale of Motor Fuel Below Cost Prohibited - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 10-305 - Submission of Refinery Specifications by Importers - (a) (1) Each dealer, manufacturer, refiner, or special fuel seller...

Section 10-306 - Approval of Terminal and Exchange Agreements Required - (a) Before selling motor fuel, each dealer, manufacturer, refiner, special...

Section 10-307 - Specifications Confidential - An employee of the Office of the Comptroller may not...

Section 10-308 - Introduction of Additives Into Gasoline - (a) Before making the first sale in the State of...

Section 10-309 - Introduction of Additives Into Special Fuel - (a) Before making the first sale in the State of...

Section 10-310 - Authorization for Sale of Substitutes or Improvers - (a) Before making the first sale in the State of...

Section 10-311 - Operation of Station - (a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of...

Section 10-311.1 - Contract Between Producer or Refiner and Station Dealer - (a) A producer or refiner of motor fuel may not...

Section 10-312 - Duties of Suppliers to Retail Dealers - Each producer, refiner, or wholesaler of motor fuel who supplies...

Section 10-313 - Contractual Relationship Between Supplier and Retail Dealer - Each contractual relationship between a supplier and retail service station...

Section 10-314 - Supplier to Meet Specifications - Each supplier of motor fuel to a retail service station...

Section 10-315 - Advertising Signs - (a) A person who sells motor fuel at retail shall...

Section 10-316 - Stop Sale Notice - The Comptroller shall issue a stop sale notice if the...

Section 10-317 - Suspension or Revocation of Registration - (a) The Comptroller may suspend or revoke a registration for...

Section 10-318 - Suit by Retail Dealer - If, because of the marketing of an unapproved product, the...

Section 10-319 - Delivery of Gasoline and Special Fuel in Same Container - Before a retail or wholesale delivery of motor fuel may...

Section 10-320 - Refueling Service for Disabled Drivers - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) of...

Section 10-321 - Lead Additive Prohibited - After gasoline to be sold at retail has been received...

Section 10-321.1 - Selling of Hydrogen From Natural Gas Reforming as Motor Fuel Prohibited. - ** TAKES EFFECT JULY 1, 2026 PER CHAPTER 213 OF...

Section 10-322 - Commingling Gasoline Prohibited - A retail service station dealer or marina may not with...

Section 10-323 - Adulteration and Commingling of Fuels Prohibited - (a) A common carrier, contract carrier, manufacturer, refiner, special fuel...

Section 10-323.1 - Reports by Motor Fuel Distributors of Sales Exempt From Motor Fuel Tax - (a) Every motor fuel distributor required to be registered under...

Section 10-323.2 - Notice; Operation Prohibited; Penalties - (a) (1) A notice stating “dyed diesel fuel, nontaxable use...

Section 10-324 - Penalty - Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a person who...

Subtitle 4 - Petroleum Transporters

Section 10-401 - Registration of Petroleum Transporters - (a) Each petroleum transporter shall register with the Comptroller before...

Section 10-403 - Denial, Revocation, or Suspension of Registration or Marker -- Grounds - Subject to the hearing provisions of § 10-404 of this...

Section 10-404 - Hearings - (a) Except as otherwise provided in § 10-226 of the...

Section 10-405 - Judicial Review - A party to a proceeding before the Comptroller who is...

Section 10-406 - Identification of Vehicle - (a) Each vehicle used to transport motor fuel shall be...

Section 10-407 - Loading Ticket or Manifest - (a) An operator of a vehicle or vessel who gets...

Section 10-408 - Vehicle Certificate Required - Each petroleum transporter: (1) shall keep for inspection a manufacturer’s...

Section 10-409 - Labeling Vehicle -- Hazardous Materials Regulations - A petroleum transporter shall label each vehicle in accordance with...

Section 10-410 - Reports by Petroleum Transporters - Each petroleum transporter required by regulation to report to the...

Section 10-411 - Penalty - A person who violates this subtitle is guilty of a...

Section 10-412 - Police Officer - (a) In this subtitle, “police officer” means: (1) any uniformed...

Subtitle 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 10-501 - Crankcase Oil and Lubricants - (a) Each container of automotive crankcase oil offered for sale...

Section 10-502 - Games of Chance - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 10-503 - Prohibition of Sale of Motor Fuel for Dirt Bikes - (a) In this section, “dirt bike” has the meaning stated...