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Subtitle 1 - Expungement of Police and Court Records
Section 10-101 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 10-102 - Scope - (a) A police record or a court record is subject...
Section 10-103 - Expungement of Police Record When No Charge Is Filed - (a) For arrests, detentions, or confinements occurring before October 1,...
Section 10-103.1 - Expungement of Police Records After Release Without Charge - (a) For arrests or confinements occurring on or after October...
Section 10-104 - Expungement on Nolle Prosequi Before Service - (a) Unless the State objects and shows cause why a...
Section 10-105 - Expungement of Record After Charge Is Filed - (a) A person who has been charged with the commission...
Section 10-105.1 - Circumstances Requiring Expungement of Certain Records After a Period of Time -- Notices of Expungement - (a) Beginning October 1, 2021, any police record, court record,...
Section 10-105.2 - Notification of Defendant by Court Regarding Right to Expungement -- Mail -- Waiver and Release - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, after disposition...
Section 10-106 - Expungement of Criminal Charge Transferred to Juvenile Court - (a) A person may file, and a court shall grant,...
Section 10-107 - Charges Arising From Same Incident, Transaction, or Set of Facts - (a) (1) In this subtitle, if two or more charges,...
Section 10-108 - Opening, Review, or Disclosure of Expunged Records - (a) A person may not open or review an expunged...
Section 10-109 - Prohibited Acts - (a) (1) Disclosure of expunged information about criminal charges in...
Section 10-110 - Petition for Expungement - (a) A person may file a petition listing relevant facts...
Section 10-111 - Prohibition on Reference to Possession of Marijuana Charges - The Maryland Judiciary Case Search may not in any way...
Subtitle 2 - Criminal Justice Information System
Part I - Definitions; General Provisions
Section 10-201 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 10-202 - Legislative Findings - The General Assembly finds that there is a need: (1)...
Section 10-203 - Purpose of Subtitle - The purpose of this subtitle is: (1) to create and...
Section 10-204 - Effect of Subtitle - Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, a person may...
Section 10-205 - Police Department of the Johns Hopkins University - It is the intent of the General Assembly that the...
Part II - Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board
Section 10-207 - Established - (a) There is a Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board. (b)...
Section 10-208 - Membership - (a) The Advisory Board consists of the following 25 members:...
Section 10-209 - Quorum; Ex Officio Members; Meetings; Expenses; Staff - (a) A majority of the members of the Advisory Board...
Section 10-210 - Duties - The Advisory Board shall: (1) advise the Secretary, the Court...
Part III - Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository
Section 10-213 - Establishment, Administration, Status, and Duties - (a) There is a Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository...
Section 10-214 - Reporting Data to Central Repository - (a) Each criminal justice unit shall report in accordance with...
Section 10-215 - Reportable Events - (a) The following events are reportable events under this subtitle...
Section 10-216 - Fingerprinting - (a) In this section, “law enforcement unit” means: (1) a...
Section 10-217 - Agreements Between Central Repository and Criminal Justice Units - (a) The Secretary and the Chief Judge of the Court...
Section 10-218 - Procedures for Sharing Criminal History Record Information - The Secretary and the Chief Judge of the Court of...
Section 10-219 - Disseminating Criminal History Record Information -- in General - (a) Except in accordance with applicable federal law and regulations,...
Section 10-220 - Maintaining and Disseminating of Criminal History Record Information About Children - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of...
Section 10-221 - Regulations and Rules - (a) To carry out this subtitle and to establish, operate,...
Section 10-222 - Inspection of Criminal History Record Information - (a) Subject to § 10-226 of this subtitle, a person...
Section 10-223 - Challenge of Criminal History Record Information - (a) A person who has inspected the person’s own criminal...
Section 10-224 - Correction of Criminal History Record Information - (a) If a challenge of criminal history record information under...
Section 10-225 - Inspection or Challenge of Criminal History Record Information Recorded Before July 1, 1976 - (a) This section applies only to criminal history record information...
Section 10-226 - Inspection or Challenge of Criminal History Record Information Relevant to Pending Criminal Proceeding - (a) A person may not inspect or challenge criminal history...
Section 10-227 - Appeal Rights - (a) A person aggrieved by a decision of a criminal...
Section 10-228 - Prohibited Act; Penalty - (a) An employer or prospective employer may not require a...
Section 10-229 - Inclusion of Sex Offender Status on "Rap" Sheet - A State Record of Arrest and Prosecution (“RAP” sheet) that...
Part IV - Criminal History Records Check Requests -- Counties and Municipalities
Section 10-231 - Criminal History Records Check Requests -- Counties and Municipalities - (a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice...
Section 10-231.1 - Baltimore County - (a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice...
Section 10-231.2 - Caroline County - (a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice...
Section 10-232 - Carroll County - (a) This section does not apply to a person who...
Section 10-232.1 - Dorchester County - (a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice...
Section 10-233 - Howard County - (a) The County Administrator of Howard County shall apply to...
Section 10-233.1 - Howard County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 10-233.2 - Kent County - (a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice...
Section 10-234 - Montgomery County - (a) In this section, “taxicab license”: (1) means a license...
Section 10-234.1 - Prince George's County - (a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice...
Section 10-234.2 - Talbot County - (a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice...
Section 10-235 - Washington County - (a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice...
Section 10-236.1 - Wicomico County - (a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice...
Section 10-236.2 - City of Frederick - (a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice...
Section 10-236.3 - Ocean City - (a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice...
Part V - National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact
Section 10-237 - Established - The National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact is hereby entered...
Section 10-238 - Electronic Information Sharing System - (a) This Compact organizes an electronic information sharing system among...
Section 10-239 - Definitions - (a) In this part the following words have the meanings...
Section 10-240 - Purposes of the Compact - The purposes of this Compact are to: (1) provide a...
Section 10-241 - Responsibilities of Fbi Director and Party State Under Compact - (a) The Director of the FBI shall: (1) appoint an...
Section 10-242 - Criminal History Records - (a) To the extent authorized by Section 552A of Title...
Section 10-243 - Criminal History Records -- Procedure - (a) Subject fingerprints or other approved forms of positive identification...
Section 10-244 - Compact Council - (a) (1) There is established a Council to be known...
Section 10-245 - Effective Date; Ratification - (a) This Compact shall take effect upon being entered into...
Section 10-246 - Matters Not Affected by Compact - (a) Administration of this Compact shall not interfere with the...
Section 10-247 - Renunciation of Compact - (a) This Compact shall bind each party state until renounced...
Section 10-248 - Severability of Provisions - The provisions of this Compact shall be severable, and if...
Section 10-249 - Adjudication of Disputes - (a) The Council shall: (1) have initial authority to make...
Section 10-250 - Designation of Compact Officer - The Secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional...
Subtitle 3 - Shielding
Section 10-301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 10-302 - Accessibility of Shielded Record - (a) This subtitle does not apply to a conviction of...
Section 10-303 - Petition; Eligibility for Shielding; Objection by State's Attorney; Hearings; Notice to Victims - (a) A person may petition the court to shield the...
Section 10-304 - Reference to Shielded Records Prohibited - The Maryland Judiciary Case Search may not in any way...
Section 10-305 - Conviction Not Considered Conviction Under 10-105(e)(4)(i) of This Title - A conviction that has been shielded under this subtitle may...
Section 10-306 - Prohibited Disclosures - (a) A person authorized to access a shielded record under...
Subtitle 4 - Maryland Judiciary Case Search Records
Section 10-401 - Restrictions on References to Certain Records of Charges in Judiciary Case Search - The Maryland Judiciary Case Search may not in any way...