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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 12.15.02.04" title_num="12" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="02" heading="Payment of Processing Fees.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Central Repository shall collect the nonrefundable fees for a printed statement authorized under Family Law Article, §5-561, Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR 12.15.01.15.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Except as provided in §C of this regulation, processing fees shall be:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Due at the time the application and fingerprints are submitted to the Central Repository;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Except under §B(3) of this regulation, payable to the Central Repository in the form of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Certified check;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Cashier’s check;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Money order; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Personal check; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Rendered by an alternative method approved in writing by the Central Repository.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Central Repository may establish a separate processing fee payment procedure for a government agency or private organization.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A covered individual is not required to pay a processing fee to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Update and issue a revised printed statement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Contest a criminal conviction, probation before judgment disposition, not criminally responsible disposition, or a pending criminal charge reported in a Maryland printed statement; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Request a copy of a printed statement to be submitted to an additional or subsequent employer.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>