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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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Ch. 388
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CHAPTER 388
(House Bill 278)
AN ACT concerning
Expungement - Civil Offenses or Infractions
FOR the purpose of providing for expungement of court, police, and other
governmental records concerning certain civil offenses or infractions under
certain circumstances; providing for the application of this Act; and generally
relating to expungement of court, police, and other governmental records
concerning certain civil offenses or infractions under certain circumstances.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — Criminal Procedure
Section 10-101(c)(1) and (h) and 10-105(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Volume and 2006 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Criminal Procedure
10-101.
(c) (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 about:
(I) A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING; OR
(II) ANY OTHER PROCEEDING, EXCEPT A JUVENILE
PROCEEDING, CONCERNING A CIVIL OFFENSE OR INFRACTION ENACTED UNDER
STATE OR LOCAL LAW AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A CRIMINAL CHARGE.
(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;
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(2) a suspected violation of a criminal law; [or]
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