# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 4. Statistics and Records

### Subtitle 2. Vital Statistics and Records

#### Section 4-206

(a) The Secretary shall collect, index, and safeguard the marriage, divorce, and annulment records that clerks of court file as provided by law.

(b)

  (1) The Secretary may change a marriage, divorce, or annulment record in the file of the Department only if a clerk of court sends, as provided by law, a certified report of the change.

  (2) If a discrepancy exists between the record of a clerk of court and the record of the Secretary as to a marriage, divorce, or annulment, the record of the clerk of court shall be considered correct.

(c)

  (1) A clerk of court may provide a certified copy of a record of any marriage, divorce, or annulment in accordance with usual custom and as provided by law.

  (2) The Secretary may not provide a certified copy of any record of divorce or annulment.

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