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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="4-317" title_number="4" title_name="Public Information Act" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Denials of Inspection">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to § 8–704.1 of the Natural Resources Article and subsection (b) of this section, a custodian may not knowingly disclose a public record of the Department of Natural Resources containing personal information about the owner of a registered vessel.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A custodian shall disclose personal information about the owner of a registered vessel for use in the normal course of business activity by a financial institution, as defined in § 1–101(i) of the Financial Institutions Article, its agents, employees, or contractors, but only:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to verify the accuracy of personal information submitted by the individual to that financial institution; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if the information submitted is not accurate, to obtain correct information only for the purpose of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>preventing fraud by the individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>pursuing legal remedies against the individual; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>recovering on a debt or security interest against the individual.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
