Section 4-402 – Prohibited Acts; Criminal Penalties
(a) A person may not: (1) willfully or knowingly violate any provision of this title; (2) fail to petition a court after temporarily denying inspection of a public record; or (3) by false pretenses, bribery, or theft, gain access to or obtain a copy of a personal record if disclosure of the personal record to the person is prohibited […]
Section 4-403 – Immunity for Certain Disclosures
A custodian is not civilly or criminally liable for transferring or disclosing the contents of a public record to the Attorney General under § 5–313 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.
Section 4-347 – Inventions Owned by State Public Institution of Higher Education
(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a custodian may deny inspection of the part of a public record that contains information disclosing or relating to an invention owned in whole or in part by a State public institution of higher education for 4 years to allow the institution to evaluate whether to patent or […]
Section 4-501 – Personal Records
(a) In this section, “personal record” means a public record that names or, with reasonable certainty, otherwise identifies an individual by an identifying factor such as: (1) an address; (2) a description; (3) a fingerprint or voice print; (4) a number; or (5) a picture. (b) (1) Personal records may not be created unless the need for the information has been clearly established […]
Section 4-348 – Confidential Information Owned by Specific State Entities
A custodian may deny inspection of the part of a public record that contains information disclosing or relating to a trade secret, confidential commercial information, or confidential financial information owned in whole or in part by: (1) the Maryland Technology Development Corporation; or (2) a public institution of higher education, if the information is part of the […]
Section 4-502 – Corrections of Public Record
(a) A person in interest may request a unit of the State to correct inaccurate or incomplete information in a public record that: (1) the unit keeps; and (2) the person in interest is authorized to inspect. (b) A request under this section shall: (1) be in writing; (2) describe the requested change precisely; and (3) state the reasons for the change. […]
Section 4-349 – Real Estate Appraisals
(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section and other law, until the State or a political subdivision acquires title to property, a custodian may deny inspection of a public record that contains a real estate appraisal of the property. (b) A custodian may not deny inspection by the owner of the property.
Section 4-503 – List of Contact Information for Governmental Unit Representatives
(a) Each governmental unit that maintains public records shall: (1) identify a representative who a member of the public should contact to request a public record from the governmental unit; (2) maintain contact information for the governmental unit’s representative that includes: (i) the representative’s name; (ii) the representative’s business address; (iii) the representative’s business phone number; (iv) the representative’s business electronic mail […]
Section 4-350 – Site-Specific Locations of Certain Plants, Animals, or Property
(a) A custodian may deny inspection of a public record that contains information concerning the site–specific location of an endangered or threatened species of plant or animal, a species of plant or animal in need of conservation, a cave, or a historic property as defined in § 5A–301 of the State Finance and Procurement Article. (b) A […]
Section 4-601 – Short Title
This title may be cited as the Public Information Act.