Ch. 400

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(d) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a petition for
expungement based on the following dispositions may not be filed earlier than 3 years
after the date of the disposition:

(i) An acquittal;

(ii) A nolle prosequi; or

(iii) A dismissal or quashing of a charge.

(2) (i) A petition for expungement based on the dispositions described in
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be filed earlier than 3 years after the date of the
disposition if the person files with the petition a written general waiver and release, in
proper legal form, of all claims the person may have against any person for tortious
conduct arising from the charge.

Notwithstanding the provisions of PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS
SUBSECTION AND subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, a [petition for expungement may
not be filed earlier than 3 years after acquittal] RECORD MAY NOT BE EXPUNGED if the
acquittal was on the grounds of a verdict of not criminally responsible.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That this Act shall be construed
to prohibit the expungement of a verdict of not criminally responsible.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved May 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 400
(House Bill 122)

AN ACT concerning

Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Exemption for Transfers to Grandchild

FOR the purpose of exempting from the recordation tax and the State transfer tax the
principal amount of debt assumed by a grandchild of the transferor in connection
with the transfer of property to the grandchild.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Tax - Property
Section 12-108(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Tax - Property
Section 13-207(a)(2)

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