Maryland Statutes
Part III - Disposition of Records and Other Materials
Section 10-617 - Nonofficial Materials

(a)    A public official may offer to the Archives or may destroy any of the following materials that the public official no longer needs:
        (1)    a book, magazine, or newspaper;
        (2)    other library or museum material that was made or acquired for reference or exhibition purposes;
        (3)    an extra copy of a document that was kept only for convenience of reference;
        (4)    a stock of publications;
        (5)    an acceptance or refusal of an invitation or engagement of a public officer; and
        (6)    material that otherwise relates to personal business of a public officer.
    (b)    The State Archivist may set classes of materials that the public official may destroy if the public official no longer needs the materials.