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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 11.17.02.02" title_num="11" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="02" heading="Armed Forces Licensees Absent from the State.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An individual's driver's license remains in full force and effect if the individual is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Absent from this State on active duty in the armed forces of the United States; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A dependent of and residing with a member of the armed forces of the United States, on active duty outside this State.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If a license is valid under §A of this regulation, but that license would otherwise have expired, the license remains in effect until the earlier of the following dates:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>30 days following the date of the licensee's return to this State; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>30 days following the licensee's discharge from active duty.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The provisions of §B of this regulation do not apply if the license is suspended, revoked, or canceled during the 30-day period following the licensee's return to this State.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Although the driver's license remains in effect while a member of the armed forces is absent from this State, a member of the armed forces on active duty and the member's dependents, whose driver's licenses will expire while they are absent from the State, are encouraged to renew their driver's licenses by mail and receive valid, without photo, licenses.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>If a license has expired, a member of the armed forces and the member's dependents shall, upon returning to the State, present documents in accordance with COMAR 11.17.09.06 for purposes of renewing their driver's licenses.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>A member of the armed forces renewing a license under §E of this regulation may verify temporary out-of-State residency by presenting the following documents:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The member's military identification card; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A copy of the armed forces member's military orders indicating active duty outside this State.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>A dependent of a member of the armed forces renewing a license under §E of this regulation may verify temporary out-of-State residency by presenting the following documents:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The dependent's military dependent identification card;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A copy of the armed forces member's military orders indicating active duty outside this State; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A certified statement from the armed forces member verifying that the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Dependent has been residing outside this State with the member; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Member was on active duty.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>