Sales Not Requiring a Traders License

When you display and sell goods at a show, you are not required to obtain a trader's license if:

1. The show is promoted by:
   
   
   • A church as defined in Section 5-301 of the Corporations and Associations Article;
   • Any government agency or unit;
   • An amateur radio organization;
   • An antique vehicle, machine and equipment organization;
   • A volunteer fire department or rescue squad;
   • A model train collectors' association; or
     
     
2. If the exhibitor gives to the promoter an Exhibitor's Affidavit stating that the exhibitor:
   
   
   • Gets less than 10% of annual income from selling like goods at the show; and
   • Has not participated in more than three shows during the previous 365 days; or,
     
     
3. If the exhibitor at an antique show, coin show, or collector show gives to the promoter an Exhibitor's Affidavit stating that the exhibitor:
   
   
   • will display and sell at the show;
   • receives less than 10% of the exhibitor's annual income in the state from selling the kind of goods that the exhibitor will display and sell at the show; and
   • has not participated in more than 3 antique shows, coin shows or collector shows in the state during the previous 365 days.