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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="2-207" title_number="2" title_name="Court Personnel" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Duties of Clerk">
  <level label="a">
    <text>For purposes of this section, “person in interest” has the meaning stated in § 4–101(g) of the General Provisions Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The clerk of the circuit court of each county shall keep a book or electronic record and record and index in the book or electronic record the discharge papers of any person who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>At any time has served in the uniformed services of the United States; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Presents the discharge papers of the person for recording.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A clerk may not charge a fee for recording or indexing discharge papers.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The record kept by the clerk, or a certified copy of the record, is admissible in evidence in any court in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A clerk shall deny inspection of the book or electronic record, and the record and index in the book or electronic record, described in this section except:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>To a party in a civil, administrative, or criminal proceeding in a federal or state court or government agency, or the party’s attorney, who presents evidence satisfactory to the clerk that the inspection is related to admitting the record or a certified copy of the record in evidence in the proceeding;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>To a person in interest;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>In accordance with a subpoena or court order; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <level label="1">
          <text>If the request for inspection is made at least 70 years after the discharge papers were presented for recording; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>If the clerk has redacted the Social Security number of the person in interest from any portion of the book or electronic record.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A clerk may provide a certified copy of a record described in this section only:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>To a party in a civil, administrative, or criminal proceeding in a federal or state court or government agency, or the party’s attorney, who presents evidence satisfactory to the clerk that the certified copy is for the purpose of admission in evidence in the proceeding;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>To a person in interest;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>In accordance with a subpoena or court order; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>To a relative of the person who is the subject of the discharge papers, if the request for a certified copy is made at least 70 years after the discharge papers were presented for recording.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
