# State Government (GSG)

## Title 7. Secretary of State

### Subtitle 3. Address Confidentiality Program

#### Section 7-310

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, a record of a Program participant's actual address and telephone number maintained by the Secretary of State or a State or local agency is not a public record within the meaning of Sec. 4-101 of the General Provisions Article.

(b) The Secretary of State may not disclose a Program participant's actual address or telephone number or substitute address except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and:

  (1)

    (i) on request by a law enforcement agency for law enforcement purposes; and

    (ii) as directed by a court order; or

  (2) on request by a State or local agency to verify a Program participant's participation in the Program or substitute address for use under Sec. 7-308 of this subtitle.

(c) The Secretary of State shall notify the appropriate court of a Program participant's participation in the Program and of the substitute address designated by the Secretary of State if the Program participant:

  (1) is subject to a court order or an administrative order;

  (2) is involved in a court action or an administrative action; or

  (3) is a witness or a party in a civil or criminal proceeding.

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