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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 12.02.21.01" title_num="12" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="21" heading="Purpose.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>This chapter establishes the policy for the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (Department) concerning inmate marriage.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>This chapter establishes procedures for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Requesting to marry an inmate at a correctional facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Processing and approving a request to marry an inmate at a correctional facility; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Arranging for and conducting the marriage ceremony.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>