3144                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                                         Ch. 629

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact

30.

It shall be unlawful for any sheriff or deputy sheriff,
warden or keeper of any jail or any of his deputies, [or any
register of wills] or clerk of any court or deputy [register or]
clerk, or assistant clerk, appointee or employee of any [register
of wills or] clerk of any court or judge of the Orphans' Court of
Prince George's County, during the term of his office or
employment, and whether duly admitted to the practice of law or
not, directly or indirectly, to provide, prepare or assist in the
preparation of any paper, form, instrument or document to be
filed in or affecting or pertaining to any cause, cause of
action, proceeding or matter pending or which may thereafter come
before any court of record of Prince George's County, or to give
any advice with reference thereto, whether for any fee, gratuity,
gift, or reward or not, except in any such cause, cause of
action, proceeding or matter in which he is a party or in the
result of which he has a property interest, provided that a judge
of the Orphans' Court of Prince George's County, when he is
elected to serve a term commencing after June 1, 1965, if duly
admitted to the practice of law, may act as an attorney or
solicitor and appear before any court of law or equity in this
State except an orphans' court, in matters other than those
within the jurisdiction of an orphans' court, and which are not
related to the administration or settlement of estates and
guardianships; the doing of any of the acts made unlawful by this
section shall be deemed to be practicing law: Provided, however,
that the performance of any positive duty imposed by law upon any
of the persons hereinabove named shall not constitute a violation
of the terms of this section; and provided further, that nothing
in this section shall apply to or affect the settlement of small
estates in the Orphans' Court of Prince George's County, as set
forth in §§ 5-601 through 5-607 of the Estates and Trusts Article
of the Code. In Montgomery County, clerks, sheriffs, or
employees of the register of wills shall not be liable to any
person with respect to any advice or assistance in the
preparation of any statement of claim.

Article - Estates and Trusts

2-212.

(A) A REGISTER, A DEPUTY REGISTER, OR AN EMPLOYEE OF A
REGISTER MAY RENDER ASSISTANCE TO THE PUBLIC IN CARRYING OUT THE
PROCEDURES PROVIDED FOR PROBATE UNDER THIS ARTICLE.

(B) A REGISTER, A DEPUTY REGISTER, OR AN EMPLOYEE OF A
REGISTER IS NOT LIABLE TO ANY PERSON WITH RESPECT TO ANY
ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY THE REGISTER OR THE REGISTER'S AGENT OR
EMPLOYEE IN THE PREPARATION OF ANY FORMS FOR PROBATE.