Is it legal to own a pet armadillo?
Legal, no state permit
Maryland's captive wildlife permit applies only to wildlife native to Maryland, and armadillos are not native there.
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Every QuirkMaps topic for Maryland, grouped by category. Each answer links to the official source it comes from.
Exotic pets
Vehicles
Can car dealerships open on Sundays?
Limited by place or day
Maryland bans Sunday car sales except in Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George's counties, plus a few local exceptions.
Do adults have to wear motorcycle helmets?
All riders
Maryland requires every motorcycle operator and passenger to wear a helmet, regardless of age.
Do you need a front license plate?
Front and rear plates
Maryland requires passenger cars to display registration plates on both the front and the rear.
Is it legal to pump your own gas?
Self-serve allowed
Maryland allows drivers to pump their own gas. Its fire code adopts NFPA 1 with added rules for unattended self-service stations.
Is it legal to put a train horn on a car?
Allowed with limits
Maryland bans horns that make an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle, which a typical train horn likely fails.
Is there an annual vehicle safety inspection?
Only at sale or first registration
Only at titling. Maryland requires a safety inspection before a used car is titled and registered, including when sold or brought from another state.
Home & property
Are fireworks legal?
Sparklers and ground fireworks only
Maryland bans consumer fireworks but excludes certain sparklers and nonaerial, nonexplosive ground sparkling devices, which some counties ban too.
Food & drink
Are happy hour drink specials legal?
Allowed with limits
Maryland allows drink specials, but bars may not require a customer to buy more than one drink at a time.
Is there a bottle deposit?
No bottle deposit
Maryland has no bottle deposit law; deposit bills have been filed every year since 2023 but have not passed.
Where can you buy liquor?
Private licensed stores
Maryland licenses private stores through local boards; the state does not sell liquor, though Montgomery County runs its own system.
Time & calendar
Does the state observe daylight saving time?
Observes DST
Maryland observes daylight saving time and has not enacted a law to change that.
Money & taxes
Are groceries taxed?
Groceries exempt
Maryland exempts groceries from its sales tax when sold for home consumption by a store with a substantial grocery business.
Does the state have a lottery?
Has a state lottery
Maryland runs a state lottery, which sold its first ticket on May 15, 1973.
Does the state have a sales-tax-free weekend?
Has a tax-free period
Maryland has two yearly holidays: a tax-free week for clothing in August and an Energy Star weekend in February.
Voting & elections
Do you need an ID to vote?
No ID document required
Maryland election judges confirm identity by asking for the voter's birth month and day and checking their address. Most voters show no ID.