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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="10-108" title_number="10" title_name="Criminal Records" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Expungement of Police and Court Records">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not open or review an expunged record or disclose to another person any information from that record without a court order from:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the court that ordered the record expunged; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the District Court that has venue in the case of a police record expunged under § 10-103 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A court may order the opening or review of an expunged record or the disclosure of information from that record:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>after notice to the person whom the record concerns, a hearing, and the showing of good cause; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on an ex parte order, as provided in subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The court may pass an ex parte order allowing access to an expunged record, without notice to the person who is the subject of that record, on a verified petition filed by a State’s Attorney alleging that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the expunged record is needed by a law enforcement unit for a pending criminal investigation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the investigation will be jeopardized or life or property will be endangered without immediate access to the expunged record.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In an ex parte order, the court may not allow a copy of the expunged record to be made.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In addition to the penalties provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection, an official or employee of the State or a political subdivision of the State who is convicted under this section may be removed or dismissed from public service.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
