Frederick
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick County
In short
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick County issues 1 permit we publish for Frederick, last verified 2026-09-06. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trader's License | Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick County | $15–$800 annual, graded by stock-in-trade value — $15 up to $1,000, rising to $800 above $750,000 | annual | 2026-09-06 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Trader's License
Issued by the Circuit Court, not city hall — the City of Frederick states directly that it 'does not administer a local business license.' Frederick County falls under the standard statewide value-based scale ($15–$800), distinct from the escalated scales Baltimore City ($20–$2,125) and Baltimore County use. Maryland law lets a county instead elect a flat uniform fee (section 17-1806): the governing body may select one on a form filed with the Comptroller and the Department of Assessments and Taxation, an election that is then irrevocable — but the statute names no participating counties, and Frederick County's own Circuit Court Clerk page, read directly, sends trader's-license fee questions to a phone number rather than stating whether that election was made. Absent a documented election, the statewide value-based scale is recorded here.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Frederick
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Frederick County Circuit Court Clerk's Office — Business Licenses; directs trader's-license fee questions to the Clerk's Office by phone rather than publishing a fee structure or uniform-fee election statusMaryland Judiciary · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Maryland Business Regulation Article section 17-1806, Uniform License Fee Election — the irrevocable, form-filed county election mechanism referenced by section 17-1807(a); names no countiesMaryland General Assembly · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Maryland Business Regulation Article section 17-1807, Trader's License FeesMaryland General Assembly · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-06
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