Public Conduct in Maryland (2026)

Frederick outlaws panhandling in any public place citywide, not just aggressive panhandling. The ordinance defines…

Annapolis makes aggressive panhandling a misdemeanor, covering threats, harassing language, and demands that make a…

Standing on a highway shoulder, lane divider, or roadway to solicit donations in Baltimore County requires a permit…

Gaithersburg bars anyone from stopping, standing or walking into the median strip that separates a public roadway's…

Montgomery County bans aggressive panhandling, soliciting money or sales in an intimidating manner, in any place open…

Annapolis bans urinating or defecating on any public street, sidewalk, beach, dock, lot or building, or anywhere…

Cecil County bans nudity, indecent exposure, sexual acts, and urinating or defecating outside a designated facility on…

Baltimore County makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate on a public street, alley, sidewalk or in a public…

City Code § 15-20 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on Frederick's streets, alleys, sidewalks, parks, or other…

Gaithersburg makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in or around any public place, way, building, structure or park…

Howard County Code Sec. 19.208(f) bars urinating or defecating on park property except in a designated facility…

Montgomery County makes it a Class A violation to urinate or defecate in any public place, place open to the public, or…

Prince George's County Code Sec. 14-136.01 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in public unless a place is…

Riding a skateboard on a public roadway is illegal in Anne Arundel County wherever the posted speed limit is 30 mph or…

Baltimore County Code Section 18-2-603 makes it unlawful to ride a skateboard on any public highway, or on public or…

Carroll County confines skateboarding and roller-skating in county parks to areas the Department of Recreation and…

Montgomery County Code bars skateboards and roller skates on WMATA buses, Metrorail cars, and in rail transit stations…

Skateboarding, roller skating and in-line skating in a Cecil County park are limited to pathways and sidewalks; skaters…

Frederick lets people skateboard on most city property, but riders over age ten may not use a skateboard or any wheeled…

Skateboarding on city park property is confined to areas the city designates for that use, including the skate park and…

Prince George's County makes it unlawful to skate, skateboard, or ride a coasting device inside any public parking…

Rockville regulates skateboards, scooters, bikes and other wheeled recreational vehicles, banning negligent riding on…

Howard County Code § 21.403 lets bicycles, skateboards, and unicycles use sidewalks and pathways countywide, mirroring…

Howard County outlaws promoting, organizing, or hosting a for-profit party at a residential property rented or used for…

A party of four or more people that generates excessive noise, drugs, fights, public urination or spillover crowds onto…

Frederick tracks repeat police calls for noise, alcohol, and disorderly conduct at a property and puts it on…

Gaithersburg's disturbing-the-peace ordinance bans running radios, stereos, televisions or similar devices between…

Rockville's noise ordinance bars willfully disturbing a neighborhood or acting disorderly through loud, unseemly noise…

Loitering, campaigning and soliciting are banned outright on the grounds of every Cecil County solid waste disposal…

Gaithersburg makes it unlawful to loiter in a public place, or a place open to the public, in ways that block foot or…

Prince George's County Code Sec. 14-139.03 defines loitering to include blocking a public street or sidewalk after a…

Annapolis bars loitering that blocks streets, sidewalks or public places, but only after police order the person to…

Anne Arundel County bans loitering after a lawful order to move or leave, with fines up to $200 and 60 days in jail for…

Baltimore County bars loitering within 50 feet of a business during operating hours once the owner has asked a person…

Carroll County bans sleeping, prolonged lounging, and loud, boisterous, threatening, abusive, insulting, or indecent…

Frederick makes it unlawful to loiter, loaf, or stand idle in a public place in a way that blocks streets, sidewalks…

Harford County makes it unlawful to loiter, loaf or stand idle in a public place so as to block a street, sidewalk or…

Howard County makes it unlawful to loiter on commercial premises during business hours after the owner, operator, or an…

Blocking a sidewalk, street or public entrance in Montgomery County is disorderly conduct under County Code § 32-14…

Rockville bans loitering that blocks pedestrian or vehicle traffic, harasses others, or risks a breach of the peace…

Washington County, Maryland makes it a misdemeanor to loiter in a public place, or a place open to the public, in a way…

Carroll County bans smoking, vaping, and any tobacco or cannabis product use on park property outright under Code of…

Smoking and vaping are banned on all Gaithersburg-owned property, including every city park, public building and public…

Howard County bans smoking in public places, public meetings, government vehicles with more than one occupant, and…

Rockville bans smoking and vaping in the outdoor patios and decks of restaurants and bars citywide; violators face a…

Baltimore County bans smoking, including e-cigarettes, in the outdoor areas of specific park facilities: playgrounds…

Frederick bans smoking, vaping, and other combustion, including marijuana, within any playground in a City park (plus a…

Montgomery County bans smoking and vaping in outdoor restaurant and bar serving areas, plus County-owned outdoor…

Wicomico County bans smoking and vaping inside county buildings and indoor park facilities and within 25 feet of…

Anne Arundel County's Parks Director can prohibit or limit smoking in county parks whenever a potential fire hazard…

Wicomico County's parks chapter flatly bans using cannabis anywhere in a county park, in unincorporated Wicomico…

Rockville bans smoking marijuana, along with tobacco and vaping, in outdoor serving areas of restaurants and bars under…

Anne Arundel County bans drinking alcohol or carrying an open container of it on any public road, sidewalk, parking…

Carroll County bans drinking in its parks outside areas the Recreation and Parks Manager designates. Section 94.070…

Frederick bars drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol in any park or on other public property, including in…

Montgomery County allows drinking alcohol on public roads only when the Department of Transportation has approved a…

Prince George's County Code Sec. 14-136 makes it unlawful to drink or carry an open container of alcohol on public…

Rockville bans drinking or possessing alcohol in City parks without a City Manager-issued permit, though picnic and…

Annapolis bans consuming alcohol or carrying an open or unsealed container on city streets, sidewalks, parking areas…

Baltimore County makes it a misdemeanor to possess an open alcoholic beverage container on public property, property…

Gaithersburg bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol in the parking lots and common areas of any…

Howard County bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol on posted commercial shopping-center property and…

Washington County bars alcohol at its solid waste sites entirely. Section 4.5 of the Solid Waste Collection Licensing…