Section 4-201 – Inspection of Public Records

    (a)    (1)    Except as otherwise provided by law, a custodian shall allow a person or governmental unit to inspect any public record at any reasonable time.         (2)    Inspection or copying of a public record may be denied only to the extent provided under this title.     (b)    To protect public records and to prevent unnecessary interference with official business, each […]

Section 4-202 – Application to Inspect Public Record Required

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person or governmental unit that wishes to inspect a public record shall submit a written application to the custodian.     (b)    A person or governmental unit need not submit a written application to the custodian if:         (1)    the person or governmental unit seeks to inspect a public record […]

Section 4-203 – Timeliness of Decision on Application

    (a)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the custodian shall grant or deny the application promptly, but not more than 30 days after receiving the application.         (2)    The custodian shall grant or deny an application that is the subject of § 4–356 of this title not more than 50 days after receiving the application. […]

Section 4-204 – Improper Conditions on Granting Application

    (a)    Except to the extent that the grant of an application is related to the status of the applicant as a person in interest and except as required by other law or regulation, the custodian may not condition the grant of an application on:         (1)    the identity of the applicant;         (2)    any organizational or other affiliation of the […]

Section 4-205 – Copies; Printouts; Photographs; Electronic Format

    (a)    (1)    In this section, “metadata” means information, generally not visible when an electronic document is printed, describing the history, tracking, or management of the electronic document, including information about data in the electronic document that describes how, when, and by whom the data is collected, created, accessed, or modified and how the data is formatted.         (2)    “Metadata” […]

Section 4-206 – Fees

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.         (2)    “Indigent” means an individual’s family household income is less than 50% of the median family income for the State as reported in the Federal Register.         (3)    “Reasonable fee” means a fee bearing a reasonable relationship to the recovery of actual costs incurred by a governmental unit. […]