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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 29.05.02.08" title_num="29" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="02" heading="Expunging Shell Casing Profile Information.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An individual handgun owner whose shell casing record has been included in the Statewide Shell Casing Data Base and Repository may request by court order that this information be expunged on the grounds that the inclusion was in error.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Upon receipt of a court order of expungement, the Director shall purge a shell casing profile, shell casing, or other identifiable information covered by the order from the Statewide Shell Casing Data Base System and Statewide Shell Casing Repository.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>When proof of the destruction of the weapon is received by the Crime Laboratory, profiles and shell casings may be expunged at the discretion of the Director.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Records and samples not previously expunged will be expunged 100 years from the year submitted.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>