<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="2-503" title_number="2" title_name="Marriage" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Records">
  <level label="a">
    <text>At the intervals that the Secretary of Health sets, each clerk shall send to the Secretary:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a copy of the record of each marriage that the clerk licenses and records;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a report of each divorce that the court grants;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a report of each annulment of a marriage that the court:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>grants; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>effects by entering a conviction of bigamy or of marrying within any prohibited degree; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a report of any change in a marriage, divorce, or annulment record, in which the clerk shall certify that the change is correct and conforms to the corresponding record of the clerk.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The report of a divorce or annulment or of a change in a marriage, divorce, or annulment record shall be made on the form that the Secretary of Health provides.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary of Health may make photostatic, photographic, or microphotographic copies of the original marriage records of a clerk.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary of Health may not remove any original marriage record from the custody of the clerk.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Secretary of Health shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>make the copies in a manner that does not interfere with the orderly transaction of business by the clerk; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>bear the cost of making the copies.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The clerk may not receive any extra compensation for sending a report or record to the Secretary or for making records available to the Secretary.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A clerk who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of $10 for each offense.</text>
  </level>
</section>
