# Public Safety (GPS)

## Title 12. Building and Material Codes; Other Safety Provisions

### Subtitle 8. Elevator Safety

#### Section 12-811

(a) If an inspection discloses that an elevator unit complies with the Safety Code and other regulations adopted by the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall issue a certificate to the owner or lessee of the elevator unit.

(b) The certificate shall be posted conspicuously in or on the elevator unit.

(c) While a certificate is in effect, it authorizes the holder to operate the elevator unit in a building, structure, or place of employment in the State.

(d)

  (1) The Commissioner shall post on the Maryland Department of Labor's website a user-friendly, searchable database of active certificates issued under subsection (a) of this section.

  (2) The database described in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall allow a user to search active certificates by:

    (i) street address;

    (ii) city; and

    (iii) county.

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