# COMAR Title 12 — Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

## Subtitle 02 — Division of Correction

### Chapter 21 — Inmate Marriage

#### Regulation .01 Purpose.

*COMAR 12.02.21.01*

A. This chapter establishes the policy for the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (Department) concerning inmate marriage.

B. This chapter establishes procedures for:

  (1) Requesting to marry an inmate at a correctional facility;

  (2) Processing and approving a request to marry an inmate at a correctional facility; and

  (3) Arranging for and conducting the marriage ceremony.

C. This chapter is not intended to infringe upon an individual’s statutory right to marry, but does govern how the legal right to marry may be exercised when the marriage involves an inmate confined in a Department correctional facility.