WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 376

CHAPTER 376
(House Bill 674)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Computer Printouts of Motor Vehicle Administration
Records - Admissibility in Judicial Proceedings

FOR the purpose of authorizing the admissibility of computer printouts of vehicle
registration records as original records of the Motor Vehicle Administration in a
judicial proceeding under certain circumstances; requiring the computer printout to
contain certain information; and generally relating to the admissibility in a judicial
proceeding of computer printouts of records of the Motor Vehicle Administration.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 12-113(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

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

Article - Transportation

12-113.

(b) (1) A certified copy of any record of the Administration or comparable
agency of any state is admissible in any judicial proceeding in the same manner as the
original of the record.

(2)     (i) A computer printout of any driving record OR VEHICLE
REGISTRATION RECORD of the Administration that has been obtained by a police
agency or court through a computer terminal tied into the Administration is admissible in
any judicial proceeding in the same manner as the original of the record.

(ii) The computer printout of the driving record OR VEHICLE
REGISTRATION RECORD shall contain:

1.       The date the record was printed; and

2.       A jurisdiction code identifying the site where the record was
printed.

(3)     If a subpoena is issued to the Administrator or any other official or
employee of the Administration for the production in any judicial proceeding of the
original or a copy of any book, paper, entry, record, proceeding, or other document of the
Administration:

(i) The Administrator or other official or employee of the
Administration need not appear personally; and

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