# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 01 — General Provisions

### Chapter 02 — Procedures for Contested Case Hearings Before the Secretary of the Environment

#### Regulation .23 Stipulations and Affidavits.

*COMAR 26.01.02.23*

A. Stipulations. The parties may, by stipulation, agree upon any of the facts. A stipulation, when placed in the record, may be regarded and used as evidence at the hearing. The hearing examiner may require additional evidence.

B. Affidavits. An affidavit may be admitted in the discretion of the hearing examiner, for good cause shown, as evidence in place of testimony, if the matters contained in it are otherwise admissible.