Ch. 3                                       1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

(d) (2) The dealer shall forward the $10 application fee along with the
application to the [Superintendent] SECRETARY of the [Maryland] State Police.

(g) The [Superintendent] SECRETARY of the [Maryland] State Police may
request the assistance of the police commissioner of Baltimore City, the chief of police in
any county maintaining a police force, or the sheriff in a county not maintaining a police
force and shall promptly upon receipt of an application to purchase or transfer conduct
an investigation in order to determine the truth or falsity of the information supplied and
statements made in said application. If it be thereupon determined that any false
information or statement has been supplied or made by the applicant, or that the
application has not been properly completed, the [said Superintendent] SECRETARY or
any specific member of the DEPARTMENT OF State Police authorized by the
[Superintendent] SECRETARY to act as [his] THE SECRETARY'S agent in matters
relating to pistol or revolver sales shall notify the prospective seller or transferor, in
writing, within seven days from the date the executed application to purchase or transfer
was forwarded by certified mail, of his disapproval of said application. Written
notification of such disapproval shall be thereafter forwarded by the [said
Superintendent] SECRETARY [and/or his] OR THE SECRETARY'S duly authorized
agent or agents to the prospective purchaser or transferee. The date upon which the
executed application to purchase or transfer was forwarded by certified mail by the
prospective seller or transferor shall be considered as the first day of the seven-day
period allowed for notice of disapproval to the said prospective seller or transferor. If the
seventh day of the seven-day period allowed for the said notice of disapproval shall fall
on a Sunday or legal holiday, the computation period shall be extended to the first day
next following, which is neither a Sunday nor a legal holiday.

(h) No dealer shall sell or transfer a pistol or revolver to an applicant whose
application has been timely disapproved, unless such disapproval has been subsequently
withdrawn by the [Superintendent] SECRETARY of the [Maryland] State Police
[and/or his] OR THE SECRETARY'S duly authorized agent or agents or overruled by the
action of the courts pursuant to subsection (i) of this section.

(i) (1) Any prospective purchaser or transferee aggrieved by the action of the
DEPARTMENT OF State Police may request a hearing within 30 days from the date when
written notice was forwarded to the aggrieved person by writing to the [Superintendent]
SECRETARY of THE State Police, who shall grant the hearing within fifteen days of the
request.

(3) The hearing shall be held in the county of the legal residence of the
aggrieved person. If the aggrieved person is not a State resident, the hearing shall be held
at a location designated by the [Superintendent] SECRETARY of THE State Police.

(j) Any dealer who sells or transfers a pistol or revolver in compliance with this
subtitle shall forward a copy of the written notification of such completed transaction;
within seven days from the date of delivery of the said pistol or revolver, to the
[Superintendent] SECRETARY of the [Maryland] State Police, whose duty it shall be to
maintain a permanent record of all such completed sales and transfers of pistols and
revolvers in the State. The notifications shall contain an identifying description of the

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