# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 1. Definitions; General Provisions

### Subtitle 3. Uniform Preservation of Private Business Records Act

#### Section 1-304

(a) This section does not apply to:

  (1) a minute book of a corporation; or

  (2) a record of a sale or other transaction that involves a weapon or poison that can be used in committing a crime.

(b) Unless a specific period is set by law for the preservation of a business record that is required by the laws of this State to be kept, the business record may be destroyed 3 years after it is made.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)