Maryland Statutes
General Provisions
Title 4 - Public Information Act

Section 4-104 - Proactive Disclosure of Public Records Available for Inspection -- Policy Adopted - ** TAKES EFFECT JULY 1, 2022 PER CHAPTER 658 OF...

Subtitle 1A - State Public Information Act Compliance Board

Section 4-1A-01 - Board Established - There is a State Public Information Act Compliance Board.

Section 4-1A-02 - Membership; Chair; Term - (a) (1) The Board consists of five members. (2) (i)...

Section 4-1A-03 - Quorum; Meetings; Compensation; Staffing and Office Space - (a) A majority of the full authorized membership of the...

Section 4-1A-04 - Duties - (a) The Board shall: (1) receive, review, and, subject to...

Section 4-1A-05 - Unreasonable Fee Complaints - (a) Any applicant, the applicant’s designated representative, or a custodian...

Section 4-1A-06 - Response - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...

Section 4-1A-07 - Decision of Board - (a) (1) The Board shall review the complaint and any...

Section 4-1A-08 - Sending Opinions to Custodians; Posting on Website - (a) The Board may send to any custodian in the...

Section 4-1A-09 - Effect of Compliance by Custodian - Compliance by a custodian with an order of the Board:...

Section 4-1A-10 - Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Not Required; Appeals - (a) A person or governmental unit need not exhaust the...

Subtitle 1B - Public Access Ombudsman

Section 4-1B-01 - "Ombudsman" Defined - In this subtitle, “Ombudsman” means the Public Access Ombudsman.

Section 4-1B-02 - Office Established; Office Space and Staffing - (a) There is an Office of the Public Access Ombudsman....

Section 4-1B-03 - Appointment - (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section,...

Section 4-1B-04 - Duties - (a) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, the Ombudsman...

Subtitle 2 - Inspection of Public Records

Section 4-201 - Inspection of Public Records - (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, a custodian...

Section 4-202 - Application to Inspect Public Record Required - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 4-203 - Timeliness of Decision on Application - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...

Section 4-204 - Improper Conditions on Granting Application - (a) Except to the extent that the grant of an...

Section 4-205 - Copies; Printouts; Photographs; Electronic Format - (a) (1) In this section, “metadata” means information, generally not...

Section 4-206 - Fees - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Subtitle 3 - Denials of Inspection

Part I - In General

Section 4-301 - In General - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a custodian...

Part II - Required Denials for Specific Records

Section 4-304 - In General - Unless otherwise provided by law, a custodian shall deny inspection...

Section 4-305 - Adoption Records - A custodian shall deny inspection of public records that relate...

Section 4-306 - Hospital Records - A custodian shall deny inspection of a hospital record that:...

Section 4-307 - Welfare Records - A custodian shall deny inspection of public records that relate...

Section 4-308 - Library Records - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a custodian...

Section 4-309 - Gifts of Library, Archival, or Museum Materials - A custodian shall deny inspection of library, archival, or museum...

Section 4-310 - Letter of Reference - A custodian shall deny inspection of a letter of reference.

Section 4-311 - Personnel Records - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a custodian...

Section 4-312 - Retirement Records - (a) Subject to subsections (b) through (e) of this section,...

Section 4-313 - Student Records - (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section,...

Section 4-314 - Higher Education Investment Contracts - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a custodian...

Section 4-314.1 - School Safety Plans, Policies, or Guidelines - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 4-315 - Traffic Accident Reports; Criminal Charging Documents; Traffic Citations - (a) This section applies only to public records that relate...

Section 4-316 - Arrest Warrants and Charging Documents - (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section...

Section 4-317 - Department of Natural Resources Records - (a) Subject to § 8–704.1 of the Natural Resources Article...

Section 4-318 - Maryland Transit Administration Records - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 4-319 - Maryland Transportation Authority Records - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a custodian...

Section 4-320 - Motor Vehicle Administration - (a) (1) In this section, “telephone solicitation” means the initiation...

Section 4-321 - Recorded Images From Traffic Control Signal Monitoring System - (a) In this section, “recorded images” has the meaning stated...

Section 4-322 - Surveillance Images - (a) In this section, “surveillance image” has the meaning stated...

Section 4-323 - Risk Based Capital Records - Subject to § 4–310 of the Insurance Article, a custodian...

Section 4-324 - Renewable Energy Credit Records - A custodian shall deny inspection of an application for renewable...

Section 4-325 - Firearm and Handgun Records - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of...

Section 4-326 - Captured Plate Data - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 4-327 - Shielded Records - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Part III - Required Denials for Specific Information

Section 4-328 - In General - Unless otherwise provided by law, a custodian shall deny inspection...

Section 4-329 - Medical or Psychological Information - (a) Except for subsection (b)(3) of this section, this section...

Section 4-330 - Sociological Information - If the official custodian has adopted rules or regulations that...

Section 4-331 - Information About Public Employees - Subject to § 21–504 of the State Personnel and Pensions...

Section 4-332 - Information About Notaries Public - (a) Subject to subsections (b) through (e) of this section,...

Section 4-333 - Licensing Records - (a) Subject to subsections (b) through (d) of this section,...

Section 4-334 - Social Security Number - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 4-335 - Trade Secrets; Confidential Information - A custodian shall deny inspection of the part of a...

Section 4-336 - Financial Information - (a) This section does not apply to the salary of...

Section 4-337 - Collusive or Anticompetitive Activity - A custodian shall deny inspection of the part of a...

Section 4-338 - Security of Information Systems - A custodian shall deny inspection of the part of a...

Section 4-339 - Alarm or Security System - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 4-340 - Senior Citizen Activities Centers - (a) “Senior citizen activities center” has the meaning stated in...

Section 4-341 - Distribution List Issued by Governmental Entity or Elected Official - (a) In this section, “governmental entity” means a unit or...

Part IV - Denial of Part of Public Record

Section 4-343 - In General - Unless otherwise provided by law, if a custodian believes that...

Section 4-344 - Interagency or Intra-Agency Letters or Memoranda - A custodian may deny inspection of any part of an...

Section 4-345 - Examination Information - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a custodian...

Section 4-346 - State or Local Research Project - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a custodian...

Section 4-347 - Inventions Owned by State Public Institution of Higher Education - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a custodian...

Section 4-348 - Confidential Information Owned by Specific State Entities - A custodian may deny inspection of the part of a...

Section 4-349 - Real Estate Appraisals - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section and other...

Section 4-350 - Site-Specific Locations of Certain Plants, Animals, or Property - (a) A custodian may deny inspection of a public record...

Section 4-351 - Investigation; Intelligence Information; Security Procedures - (a) Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this...

Section 4-352 - Information Related to Emergency Management - (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section,...

Section 4-353 - Maryland Port Administration Information - (a) A custodian may deny inspection of any part of...

Section 4-354 - University of Maryland Global Campus Records - (a) A custodian may deny inspection of any part of...

Section 4-355 - Public Institution of Higher Education Records - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 4-356 - Inspection of 9-1-1 Communications Record That Depicts Victim - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Part V - Temporary Denials

Section 4-358 - Temporary Denials - (a) Whenever this title authorizes inspection of a public record...

Part VI - Judicial Review

Section 4-362 - Judicial Review - (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, whenever...

Section 4-320.1 - (a) In this section, “facial recognition” means a biometric software...

Subtitle 4 - Liability; Prohibited Acts; Penalties; Immunity

Section 4-401 - Unlawful Disclosure of Public Records - (a) A person, including an officer or employee of a...

Section 4-402 - Prohibited Acts; Criminal Penalties - (a) A person may not: (1) willfully or knowingly violate...

Section 4-403 - Immunity for Certain Disclosures - A custodian is not civilly or criminally liable for transferring...

Subtitle 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 4-501 - Personal Records - (a) In this section, “personal record” means a public record...

Section 4-502 - Corrections of Public Record - (a) A person in interest may request a unit of...

Section 4-503 - List of Contact Information for Governmental Unit Representatives - (a) Each governmental unit that maintains public records shall: (1)...

Subtitle 6 - Short Title

Section 4-601 - Short Title - This title may be cited as the Public Information Act.

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