# General Provisions (GGP)

## Title 4. Public Information Act

### Subtitle 3. Denials of Inspection

#### Section 4-315

(a) This section applies only to public records that relate to:

  (1) police reports of traffic accidents;

  (2) criminal charging documents before service on the defendant named in the document; or

  (3) traffic citations filed in the Maryland Automated Traffic System.

(b) A custodian shall deny inspection of a record described in subsection (a) of this section to any of the following persons who request inspection of records to solicit or market legal services:

  (1) an attorney who is not an attorney of record of a person named in the record; or

  (2) a person who is employed by, retained by, associated with, or acting on behalf of an attorney described in this subsection.

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Md. Code Ann., Gen. Prov. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)