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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="7-310" title_number="7" title_name="Secretary of State" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Address Confidentiality Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>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 § 4–101 of the General Provisions Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>on request by a law enforcement agency for law enforcement purposes; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>as directed by a court order; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on request by a State or local agency to verify a Program participant’s participation in the Program or substitute address for use under § 7–308 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is subject to a court order or an administrative order;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is involved in a court action or an administrative action; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is a witness or a party in a civil or criminal proceeding.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
