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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 34.05.01.04" title_num="34" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="01" heading="Geocoding Last Known Residence of Incarcerated Individuals.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Following completion of each decennial census, the Department shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Request and receive from Correctional Services and the Bureau the address of the last known residence for each incarcerated individual; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Subject to §§B and C of this regulation, geocode for each incarcerated individual the address of the last known residence received from Correctional Services or the Bureau.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Department shall make reasonable efforts to correct any address received from Correctional Services or the Bureau that the Department is unable to geocode by, among other things:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Verifying and correcting the address zip code against the United States Postal Service zip code locator;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Correcting any misspellings in the address;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Correcting or adding a street suffix or prefix;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Correcting or adding a street direction; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Removing from the address any extraneous, superfluous, or inaccurate information.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>When Unable to Geocode Last Known Residence. The last known residence of an incarcerated individual shall be the State or federal correctional facility where the individual is incarcerated if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The address provided to the Department for the individual by Correctional Services or the Bureau cannot be geocoded for reasons included in §D of this regulation; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Department is unable to geocode the address provided to the Department for the individual by Correctional Services or the Bureau after making reasonable efforts in accordance with §B of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Addresses that cannot be geocoded include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An address defined as “homeless”;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An address listed as no address for an individual;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An address identified as a State or federal correctional facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A rural route address;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A post office box address;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>An address that includes no house number;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>An address with other errors or omissions that cannot be corrected in accordance with §B of this regulation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>An address that cannot be located through use of the geocoder mapping applications utilized by the Bureau.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>