Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 7-310 - Confidentiality of information(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, a record of a Program participant's actual address and telephone number maintained by the Secretary of State or a State or local agency is not a public record within the meaning of § 4-101 of the General Provisions Article.(b) The Secretary of State may not disclose a Program participant's actual address or telephone number or substitute address except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and:(1)(i) on request by a law enforcement agency for law enforcement purposes; and(ii) as directed by a court order; or(2) on request by a State or local agency to verify a Program participant's participation in the Program or substitute address for use under § 7-308 of this subtitle.(c) The Secretary of State shall notify the appropriate court of a Program participant's participation in the Program and of the substitute address designated by the Secretary of State if the Program participant: (1) is subject to a court order or an administrative order;(2) is involved in a court action or an administrative action; or(3) is a witness or a party in a civil or criminal proceeding.Amended by 2018 Md. Laws, Ch. 423,Sec. 2, eff. 1/1/2019.Added by 2014 Md. Laws, Ch. 345,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2014.Added by 2014 Md. Laws, Ch. 344,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2014.