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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".14" citation="COMAR 12.06.01.14" title_num="12" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="01" heading="Termination of Requirement to Register.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>When a registrant's 10-year term of registration terminates, the Sex Offender Registry Unit shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Remove the registrant from the central registry; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Notify:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The registrant;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If applicable, the local law enforcement unit overseeing periodic registration;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The victim, if a victim notification request form is on file; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Other appropriate agencies.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Early termination of a term of registration may be authorized by the Sex Offender Registry Unit upon submission, by the registrant, of one of the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A true test copy of the court order reversing, vacating, or setting aside the conviction underlying the registration;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A copy of a governor's pardon for the conviction underlying the registration;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A true test copy of a court order for expungement of the conviction underlying the registration; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Documentation submitted by a nonresident registrant from an employer or place of school enrollment that the employment or school enrollment that required registration in this State has terminated.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If the Sex Offender Registry Unit receives a death certificate or published death notice concerning a registrant, it shall remove the registrant from the central registry and make notification under §A(2)(b)—(d) of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>