# Human Services (GHU)

## Title 5. Public Assistance

### Subtitle 4. State Public Assistance Programs

#### Section 5-404

(a) An application for assistance under this part shall be made:

  (1) to the local department of the county where the applicant resides; and

  (2) in the form and manner that the Administration requires.

(b) Whenever a local department receives an application for assistance under this part, the local department shall make a record of:

  (1) the circumstances of the applicant;

  (2) the facts supporting the application; and

  (3) any other information that the Administration requires by regulation.

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