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LAWS OF MARYLAND

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(i) the destruction is authorized under §
l-605(d)(6) or § 2-206 of the Courts Article;

(ii) an accurate transcript of the record is in
use; or

(iii) the record relates to the internal
management of or otherwise is a housekeeping record for an office
of a clerk of court or register of wills.

Article 24 - Political Subdivisions - Miscellaneous

Provisions

[1-408.] 5-120.

Except as expressly provided in [§ 1-419] § 5-122 of this
subtitle, this Part II of this subtitle does not authorize.

(1) the destruction of a permanent book of account;

(2) the destruction of a land record of a clerk of a
circuit court;

(3) the destruction of any record that relates to the
financial operation of a unit of the State government or to
collection of State taxes until the requirements of [Article 40,
§§ 61A through 61E of the Code] §§ 2-1215 THROUGH 2-1222 OF THE
STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE are met;

(4) the destruction of any record until the

expiration of the period that a statute expressly sets for that
record to be kept;

(5) the destruction of any public record that a
statute expressly requires to be kept permanently; or

(6) the destruction of any record of a court of
record unless:

(i) the destruction is authorized under §

1-605(d)(6) or § 2-206 of the Courts Article;

(ii) an accurate transcript of the record is in

use; or

(iii) the record relates to the internal

management of or otherwise is a housekeeping record for an office
of a clerk of court or register of wills.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all employees
or officials of the Hall of Records Commission on June 30, 1984,
other than employees or officials of the Records Management
Division, and the Commission on Artistic Property are hereby