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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="4-201" title_number="4" title_name="Public Information Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Inspection of Public Records">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided by law, a custodian shall allow a person or governmental unit to inspect any public record at any reasonable time.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Inspection or copying of a public record may be denied only to the extent provided under this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To protect public records and to prevent unnecessary interference with official business, each official custodian shall adopt reasonable rules or regulations that, subject to this title:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>govern timely production and inspection of a public record; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>prevent unauthorized disclosure or inspection of a public record, including in accordance with § 4–320.1 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each official custodian shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>designate types of public records of the governmental unit that are to be made available to any applicant immediately on request; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>maintain a current list of the types of public records that have been designated as available to any applicant immediately on request.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
