Chapter 15. Correction or Amendment of Personal Records

“Custodian” means an authorized person employed by the Department having personal custody and control of public records of the Department.

“Official custodian” means and includes whomever the Secretary of Transportation shall appoint in the Departmental Headquarters elements, the Administrations, and the various Departmental Boards and Commissions (including the Transportation Authority), who are responsible for the maintenance, care, and keeping of public records, regardless of whether these records are in the official custodian's personal custody and control.

“Person in interest” means and includes the person who is the subject of a record or any representative designated by that person, except that if the subject of the record is under legal disability, the term “person in interest” shall mean and include the parent or duly appointed legal representative.

“Personal records” means and includes any public record that contains information pertaining to a natural person whose identity can be ascertained from the public record with reasonable certainty either by name, address, number, description, finger or voice print, picture, or any other identifying factor or factors.

“Third party” means any natural person, corporation, partnership, firm, association or governmental agency who is not a “person in interest.”

Identify the personal records the person is seeking to correct or amend;

State the precise correction or amendment requested;

State the reason the correction or amendment is sought; and

Include the statement that the personal records are to the person's belief currently inaccurate or incomplete.

Deputy Secretary, Maryland Department of Transportation, 7201 Corporate Center Drive, P.O. Box 548, Hanover, Maryland 21076-0548;

Deputy Executive Director, Maryland Port Administration, The World Trade Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-3041;

Administrator, Maryland Transit Administration, 6 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-1614;

Administrator, Motor Vehicle Administration, 6601 Ritchie Highway N.E., Glen Burnie, Maryland 21062-0001;

Administrator, Maryland Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 8766, Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Maryland 21240-0766;

Administrator, State Highway Administration, 707 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21203-0717;

Executive Director, Maryland Transportation Authority, 2310 Broening Highway, Suite 150, Baltimore, Maryland 21224-6639.

Make the requested correction or amendment and inform the person in writing of the action; or

Inform the person in writing of the:

Inform the person in writing that the request will not be acted on because:

The requested correction or amendment; and

Disagreement with the Department's refusal to make the correction or amendment.

A person in interest may request an administrative review within the Department, by filing a request for review with the Secretary or the Secretary's designee, if the person in interest has been denied:

A request for review shall be filed within 30 days of the date the person in interest is advised of the Department's action.

The review proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with State Government Article, Title 10, Subtitle 2, Annotated Code of Maryland.

This remedy of administrative review need not be exhausted before filing suit in a circuit court pursuant to State Government Article, §10-625(e), Annotated Code of Maryland.