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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="10-102" title_number="10" title_name="Criminal Records" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Expungement of Police and Court Records">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A police record or a court record is subject to expungement under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A court record or a police record that existed before July 1, 1975, and is still maintained, may be expunged under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who is entitled to the expungement of a court record or a police record that existed before July 1, 1975, may use the procedures for expungement provided under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The limitation periods provided in § 10–105 of this subtitle begin when the person becomes entitled to expungement of a court record or a police record that existed before July 1, 1975.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The custodian of court records or police records that were made before July 1, 1975, and that may be expunged under this subtitle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall make a reasonable search for a record requested for expungement; but</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>need not expunge a court record or a police record that is not found after a reasonable search.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This subtitle does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a record about a minor traffic violation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the published opinion of a court;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a cash receipt or disbursement record that is necessary for audit purposes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a transcript of court proceedings made by a court reporter in a multiple defendant case;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>an investigatory file; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a record of the work product of a law enforcement unit that is used solely for police investigation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
