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OR IS NECESSARY FOR THE WELFARE OF THE CHILD; OR

(IV) WILL PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS,
EXPENSES, OR RESTITUTION[[.]]; AND

(3) NOTICE OF THE APPLICATION OR MOTION AND ITS

GROUNDS HAVE BEEN GIVEN AS PRESCRIBED BY THE MARYLAND

RULES.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 26, §70—22. The only changes made are
in style.

SEC. 3-838. COURT MAY ORDER THE JUVENILE COURT
RECORDS TO BE SEALED; MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF
POLICE RECORDS.

(A)   COURT MAY ORDER RECORDS TO BE SEALED.

THE COURT, ON ITS OWN MOTION OR FOR GOOD CAUSE
SHOWN, MAY ORDER THAT JUVENILE COURT RECORDS BE
SEALED.

(B)   POLICE RECORDS NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION
IN ABSENCE OF TRANSFER.

POLICE RECORDS CONCERNING A CHILD SHALL BE
MAINTAINED SEPARATE FROM RECORDS OF ARRESTS OF ADULTS
AND ARE NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION OR COURT
SUBPOENA NOR MAY THEIR CONTENTS BE DIVULGED TO THE
PUBLIC, UNLESS A CHARGE OF DELINQUENCY IS TRANSFERRED
FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION UNDER §3-[[814]] 816 OF THIS
SUBTITLE.

(C)   INSPECTION OF RECORDS NOT ALLOWED WITHOUT
COURT'S ORDER.

NO PERSON MAY INSPECT THE POLICE RECORDS WITHOUT
AN ORDER OF A JUDGE OF A COURT EXERCISING GENERAL
JURISDICTION IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE RECORDS ARE
MAINTAINED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsection (a) presently appears
as Art. 26, §70—21, second paragraph.
Subsection (b) presently appears as Art.
26, §70-23(a). Subsection (c) presently
appears as Art. 26, §70-23 (b).

For expungement of a criminal arrest record
of a person not convicted, see Art. 27,
§292.