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(F)  (1) AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT REQUEST A COPY OF INDEXES TO
VITAL RECORDS, OLD VITAL RECORDS OR EXTRACTS TO RECENT VITAL
RECORDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMERCIAL SOLICITATION OR PRIVATE
GAIN;

(2) THE ARCHIVES MAY REQUIRE AN INDIVIDUAL TO STATE
THE INDIVIDUAL'S INTENDED USE OF THE INFORMATION OBTAINED UNDER
THIS SECTION.

(G)  UNDER THIS SECTION, THE COPYING AND USE OF VITAL
RECORDS FOR DISCLOSURE, THE DISCLOSURE OF VITAL RECORDS, OR
EXTRACTS OF RECENT VITAL RECORDS OR INDEXES DOES NOT VIOLATE THE
RULE OF CONFIDENTIALITY IN A PROVISION OF LAW, INCLUDING TITLE
10, SUBTITLE 6 OF THIS ARTICLE OR § 4-224 OF THE HEALTH - GENERAL
ARTICLE.

(H) THE ARCHIVES IS NOT LIABLE TO AN INDIVIDUAL FOR:

(1)  ERRORS IN INDEXING OR EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM
VITAL RECORDS.

(2)  REASONABLE RELIANCE ON EVIDENCE THAT THE PERSON
IN A VITAL RECORD PERTAINING TO BIRTH, MARRIAGE, OR DIVORCE IS
DECEASED.

(H) UNLESS A RECORD HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTODY OF
THE ARCHIVES, THE INFORMATION DISCLOSED UNDER THIS SECTION DOES
NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFICIAL RECORD.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved May 14, 1987.

CHAPTER 374

(Senate Bill 595)

AN ACT concerning

Mortgages and Deeds of Trust - Releases

FOR the purpose of repealing the requirement that a person obtain
a release of lien for certain mortgages and deeds of trust
through filing a bill in equity; authorizing the termination
and extinguishment of the lien of certain mortgages and
deeds of trust under certain circumstances where the
presumption of payment has been established and
unrebutted,; providing that this Act shall take effect at a

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