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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="3-118" title_number="3" title_name="Recordation" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Rules and Exceptions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On request, the Secretary may authorize the disclosure of real property records that have been shielded under § 3–116 of this subtitle for the purpose of performing a bona fide title examination.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A request under this section shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The name, title, address, and affiliated organization, if applicable, of the individual requesting the disclosure;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The individual’s purpose for requesting the disclosure;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The individual’s relationship, if any, to the program participant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A legal description of the property subject to the title examination;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A statement that any information disclosed to the individual shall be treated as confidential and shall be used and disclosed only for the purpose identified in the request;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The individual’s signature; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Any other information required by the Secretary to respond to the request.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 2 business days after receiving a request under this section, the Secretary shall provide a written response approving or denying the request.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary shall approve the request only if the Secretary confirms that the property subject to the title examination is the property identified in the Real Property ACP Notice of a current program participant.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the property belongs to an individual who is no longer a program participant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Secretary shall give written notice to the clerk of the appropriate circuit court and the State Archives; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The clerk and the State Archives shall cease shielding all real property records relating to the property.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
