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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".13" citation="COMAR 29.04.08.13" title_num="29" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="08" heading="Armed Private Detectives; Documentation of Weapon Information Required.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If a private detective agency employs armed private detectives, the agency shall maintain a list for each armed private detective of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The weapon type;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The weapon's serial number; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Whether the weapon is agency owned or personally owned.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The personnel file for each armed employee shall contain a photocopy of the handgun permit for each private detective who is armed.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An armed private detective may only use a weapon for which the private detective has been qualified to shoot and for which the private detective has submitted documentation identifying the weapon and the qualifying score to the Licensing Division Handgun Permit Section before carrying that weapon, in accordance with Public Safety Article, Title 5, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Private detectives may not be armed unless they possess a valid handgun permit.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>