- A. The custodian may charge the requestor the fee set forth in §B of this regulation for the search for, and preparation, reproduction, and delivery of, a record authorized to be disclosed.
B. Unless provided otherwise by other statute or regulation, the duplication fee schedule is:
- (1) 25 cents a page when reproduction can be made by a photocopying machine located within the agency of the custodian of the record;
- (2) The actual cost of reproduction when the record is not susceptible to photocopying or needs to be copied outside the agency;
- (3) An additional $1 a page if the requestor asks that a copy be certified as a true copy of the original;
- (4) A reasonable fee for any time in excess of 2 hours which is spent by agency staff searching for the record, preparing the record for inspection, or copying the record; and
- (5) If the requestor asks that copies be mailed or delivered to the requestor, the cost of postage or delivery.
C. Before reproducing the record, the custodian:
- (1) Shall estimate the cost of reproduction and obtain the requestor's agreement to pay the cost; and
- (2) May require prepayment of an estimated fee before reproducing the record.
- D. If fees for copies, printouts, photographs, or certified copies are specifically set out by a law other than the Act or this regulation, that specific fee controls.
Authority: Article 88A, §5; State Government Article, §10-611 et seq.; Article 41, Title 6; Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: February 1, 1973
Regulation .04D amended affective December 10, 1975 (2:28 Md. R. 1666); December 2, 1985 (12:24 Md. R. 2346)
Regulations .01—.07, Confidential Nature of Records, repealed effective October 28, 1991 (18:21 Md. R. 2305)
Regulations .01—.11, Procedures for Access to Records, adopted effective October 28, 1991 (18:21 Md. R. 2305)
Chapter revised effective April 5, 1999 (26:7 Md. R. 540)
Regulation .02B amended June 18, 2007 (34:11 Md. R. 971)
Regulation .04A, B amended June 18, 2007 (34:11 Md. R. 971)