# Public Safety (GPS)

## Title 3. Law Enforcement

### Subtitle 5

#### Section 3-533

(a) In this section, "law enforcement agency" has the meaning stated in Sec. 3-201 of this title.

(b) If a law enforcement agency is notified by a medical examiner under Sec. 5-309(d) of the Health - General Article, the law enforcement agency:

  (1) shall reopen or reinvestigate an investigation involving the death of a victim whose cause or manner of death was amended or corrected to be undetermined or homicide; and

  (2) may not close a case that was reopened or reinvestigated under item (1) of this subsection until at least 20 years after the law enforcement agency was notified.

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