Md. Code Ann., State Gov't § 10-615
Scope of part
Effective Oct 1, 2014Added as Art. 54, § 1-402, by Acts 1984, c. 286, § 5, eff. July 1, 1984. Transferred to State Government § 10-638 by Acts 1984, c. 286, § 9, eff. Oct. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1984, c. 286, § 9, eff. Oct. 1, 1984; Acts 1996, c. 10, § 1, eff. April 9, 1996; Acts 1997, c. 635, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1997, c. 636, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997. Renumbered as State Government § 10-615 and amended by Acts 2014, c. 104, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.State of Maryland
- (1) the destruction of a permanent book of account;
- (2) the destruction of a land record of a clerk of a circuit court;
- (3) the destruction of any record that relates to the financial operation of a unit of the State government or to collection of State taxes until the requirements of §§ 2-1220 through 2-1227 of this article are met;
- (4) the destruction of any record until the expiration of the period that a statute expressly sets for that record to be kept;
- (5) the destruction of any public record that a statute expressly requires to be kept permanently; or
(6) the destruction of any record of a court of record unless:
- (i) the destruction is authorized under § 1-605(d)(6) or § 2-205 of the Courts Article;
- (ii) an accurate transcript of the record is in use; or
- (iii) the record relates to the internal management of or otherwise is a housekeeping record for an office of a clerk of court or register of wills.
Except as expressly provided in § 10-619 of this subtitle, this Part III of this subtitle does not authorize:
Added as Art. 54, § 1-402, by Acts 1984, c. 286, § 5, eff. July 1, 1984. Transferred to State Government § 10-638 by Acts 1984, c. 286, § 9, eff. Oct. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1984, c. 286, § 9, eff. Oct. 1, 1984; Acts 1996, c. 10, § 1, eff. April 9, 1996; Acts 1997, c. 635, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1997, c. 636, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997. Renumbered as State Government § 10-615 and amended by Acts 2014, c. 104, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.