# State Government (GSG)

## Title 10. Governmental Procedures

### Subtitle 2. Administrative Procedure Act -- Contested Cases

#### Section 10-207

(a) An agency shall give reasonable notice of the agency's action.

(b) The notice shall:

  (1) state concisely and simply:

    (i) the facts that are asserted; or

    (ii) if the facts cannot be stated in detail when the notice is given, the issues that are involved;

  (2) state the pertinent statutory and regulatory sections under which the agency is taking its action;

  (3) state the sanction proposed or the potential penalty, if any, as a result of the agency's action;

  (4) unless a hearing is automatically scheduled, state that the recipient of notice of an agency's action may have an opportunity to request a hearing, including:

    (i) what, if anything, a person must do to receive a hearing; and

    (ii) all relevant time requirements; and

  (5) state the direct consequences, sanction, potential penalty, if any, or remedy of the recipient's failure to exercise in a timely manner the opportunity for a hearing or to appear for a scheduled hearing.

(c) The notice of agency action under this section may be consolidated with the notice of hearing required under Sec. 10-208 of this subtitle.

(d) For purposes of this section, publication in the Maryland Register does not constitute reasonable notice to a party.

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Md. Code Ann., State Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)