# State Government (GSG)

## Title 7. Secretary of State

### Subtitle 3. Address Confidentiality Program

#### Section 7-302

The purpose of this subtitle is to enable:

(1) State and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing the location of a Program participant;

(2) interagency cooperation in providing address confidentiality for Program participants;

(3) State and local agencies and private entities to accept a Program participant's use of an address designated by the Office of the Secretary of State as a substitute address; and

(4) a Program participant to use an address designated by the Office of the Secretary of State as a substitute address.

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