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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="10-112" title_number="10" title_name="Criminal Records" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Expungement of Police and Court Records">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “expunge” means to remove all references to a specified criminal case from the Central Repository.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On or before July 1, 2024, the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services shall expunge all cases in which:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>possession of cannabis under § 5–601 of the Criminal Law Article is the only charge in the case; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the charge was issued before July 1, 2023.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
