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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="2-209" title_number="2" title_name="The Court" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Register of Wills">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Any will, probated, or any paper filed in the office of the register may not be delivered out of the office to any person.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>When a will or other paper is properly demanded for introduction in evidence, it shall be presented under the care of the register or the register’s deputy.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The register may comply with subsection (a) of this section by</text>
      <text>retaining a permanent paper file of a probated will in the office and a copy of any other file associated with the estate in paper, photographic, microprocessed, magnetic, mechanical, electronic, digital, or any other medium if the copy is maintained in a manner that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is clear and legible;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Accurately reproduces the original document in its entirety, including any attachments to the document;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Is capable of producing a clear and legible hard copy of the original document; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Preserves evidence of any signature contained on the document.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>No sooner than 180 days following the closing of an estate, the register may dispose of any file associated with the estate other than the will if a copy of the file is retained by the register in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In consultation with the Comptroller and the State Archives to ensure uniform application throughout the State, the register shall develop standards in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
