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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="7-312" title_number="7" title_name="Secretary of State" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Address Confidentiality Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “notice” means, for a person described in § 7–308(b)(2) of this subtitle, receipt of written notification on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State identifying an individual as a Program participant.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Notice” includes receipt of written notification on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State identifying an individual as a Program participant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, service of process on an individual by a person or an agency that has received notice that the individual is a Program participant shall be made in accordance with this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Service of process shall be made:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in person on the Program participant; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>by mail on the Secretary of State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If service by publication is required, service is valid if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the publication omits the name of the Program participant; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Secretary of State has been served in accordance with subsection (c)(2) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
