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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-2405" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="24" subtitle_name="Protected Individuals -- Judicial Address Confidentiality Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Office of Information Privacy may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Request that a person or governmental entity use a substitute address designated by the Office of Information Privacy as the Program participant’s address;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Request the shielding of real property records on behalf of a Program participant who has an ownership interest in real property in accordance with Title 3, Subtitle 1, Part II of the Real Property Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Request that a Program participant’s actual address be shielded from public inspection in a record maintained by a governmental entity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A request made by the Office of Information Privacy under this subtitle certifies that a requester is a Program participant.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On receipt of a request by the Office of Information Privacy, a person or governmental entity shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Promptly acknowledge receipt of the request in writing by certified mail or by e–mail; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Take steps reasonably necessary to comply.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)(3) of this section, a custodian of record may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Maintain a copy of a record containing a Program participant’s actual address in a separate secure area to which persons who do not have a legitimate reason for access are denied access;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Permit public inspection of a record with the consent of the Program participant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Permit public inspection of a record with the actual address redacted from the record; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>After notification to the Program participant, permit public inspection of a record if the inspection will further a substantial public interest or a legitimate business need.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
