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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 07.01.02.10" title_num="07" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="02" heading="Fees.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The custodian may charge the requestor the fee set forth in §B of this regulation for the search for, and preparation, reproduction, and delivery of, a record authorized to be disclosed.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Unless provided otherwise by other statute or regulation, the duplication fee schedule is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>25 cents a page when reproduction can be made by a photocopying machine located within the agency of the custodian of the record;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The actual cost of reproduction when the record is not susceptible to photocopying or needs to be copied outside the agency;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An additional $1 a page if the requestor asks that a copy be certified as a true copy of the original;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A reasonable fee for any time in excess of 2 hours which is spent by agency staff searching for the record, preparing the record for inspection, or copying the record; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>If the requestor asks that copies be mailed or delivered to the requestor, the cost of postage or delivery.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Before reproducing the record, the custodian:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall estimate the cost of reproduction and obtain the requestor's agreement to pay the cost; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>May require prepayment of an estimated fee before reproducing the record.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If fees for copies, printouts, photographs, or certified copies are specifically set out by a law other than the Act or this regulation, that specific fee controls.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>