Ch. 362                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - Criminal Procedure

10-101.

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Central Repository" means the Criminal Justice Information System
Central Repository in the Department.

(e) (1) "Court record" means an official record of a court about a criminal
proceeding that the clerk of a court or other court personnel keeps.

(2) "Court record" includes:

(i) a record of a violation of the Transportation Article for which a
term of imprisonment may be imposed; and

(ii) an index, docket entry, charging document, pleading,
memorandum, transcription of proceedings, electronic recording, order, and
judgment.

(d)     "Expunge" means to remove information from public inspection in
accordance with this subtitle.

(e)     "Expungement" with respect to a court record or a police record means
removal from public inspection:

(1) by obliteration;

(2) by removal to a separate secure area to which persons who do not
have a legitimate reason for access are denied access; or

(3) if access to a court record or police record can be obtained only by
reference to another court record or police record, by the expungement of it or the part
of it that provides access.

(f) "Law enforcement unit" means a State, county, or municipal police
department or unit, the office of a sheriff, the office of a State's Attorney, the office of
the State Prosecutor, or the office of the Attorney General of the State.

(g) "Minor traffic violation" means a nonincarcerable violation of the
Maryland Vehicle Law or any other traffic law, ordinance, or regulation.

(h) "Police record" means an official record that a law enforcement unit,
booking facility, or the Central Repository maintains about the arrest and detention
of, or further proceeding against, a person for:

(1) a criminal charge;

(2) a suspected violation of a criminal law; or

(3) a violation of the Transportation Article for which a term of
imprisonment may be imposed.

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