1886                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                                        Ch. 296

The last clause of former Article 62, § 19, which
related to the fee for recording and copying
certificates, is deleted as unnecessary in light of CJ
§ 2-201.

The General Assembly may wish to consider extending
the scope of subsection (a) of this section to include
domiciliaries of this State who are not United States
citizens.

The Commission to Revise the Annotated Code also

notes, for consideration by the General Assembly,

that, in subsection (b)(2) of this section, it is

unclear to what the phrase "official certified copy of
a marriage record" refers.

Defined term: "Clerk" § 2-101

2-503. REPORTS TO SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE;
DUPLICATION OF RECORDS.

(A) REPORTS TO SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE.

AT THE INTERVALS THAT THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE SETS, EACH CLERK SHALL SEND TO THE SECRETARY:

(1)  A COPY OF THE RECORD OF EACH MARRIAGE THAT THE
CLERK LICENSES AND RECORDS;

(2)  A REPORT OF EACH DIVORCE THAT THE COURT GRANTS;

(3)  A REPORT OF EACH ANNULMENT OF A MARRIAGE THAT THE

COURT:

(I) GRANTS; OR

(II) EFFECTS BY ENTERING A CONVICTION OF BIGAMY
OR OF MARRYING WITHIN ANY PROHIBITED DEGREE; AND

(4) A REPORT OF ANY CHANGE IN A MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, OR
ANNULMENT RECORD, IN WHICH THE CLERK SHALL CERTIFY THAT THE
CHANGE IS CORRECT AND CONFORMS TO THE CORRESPONDING RECORD OF THE
CLERK.

(B)   FORM OF REPORTS.

THE REPORT OF A DIVORCE OR ANNULMENT OR OF A CHANGE IN A
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, OR ANNULMENT RECORD SHALL BE MADE ON THE FORM
THAT THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE PROVIDES.

(C)  DUPLICATION OF MARRIAGE RECORDS BY THE SECRETARY.

(1) THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE MAY
MAKE PHOTOSTATIC, PHOTOGRAPHIC, OR MICROPHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES OF
THE ORIGINAL MARRIAGE RECORDS OF A CLERK.