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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 33.04.02.02" title_num="33" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="02" heading="Persons Entitled to Seek Confidentiality.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In General. The categories of individuals who may request to have their residence addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses designated as confidential are as provided in this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Law Enforcement Personnel. Subject to proof of employment (for example, letter from employer), the following current or former law enforcement personnel may request confidentiality:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Police officers;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Correctional employees with frequent inmate contact;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Members of the State or federal judiciary; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Prosecutors and investigators employed by prosecutors.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Persons Being Threatened. Subject to proof of a threat to their personal safety, the following individuals may request confidentiality:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Survivors of threatened, attempted, or actual:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Domestic violence;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Sexual assault;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Stalking;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Harassment; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Human trafficking;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Stalked” individuals; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Others whose personal safety has been threatened by unidentified persons.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Victim of or Witness to Felony.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Subject to appropriate documentation satisfactory to the local board, an individual may request confidentiality if the individual is a victim of or a witness to a felony or a delinquent act that, if committed by an adult, would be a felony.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The State may request confidentiality on behalf of a victim of or a witness to a felony or a delinquent act that, if committed by an adult, would be a felony.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Participants in Address Confidentiality Programs. Subject to notification to the State or a local board of participation in the program described in Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, §3-2403, Annotated Code of Maryland, or the program described in State Government Article, §7-303, Annotated Code of Maryland, an individual’s information shall be designated as confidential.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Others. Subject to appropriate documentation satisfactory to the local board, an individual may request confidentiality on the grounds that the disclosure of the individual's residence address, telephone number, or email address:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Poses a threat to the individual's safety; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Is likely to lead to an unwarranted and serious invasion of privacy.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>