1. A. The public driving record entries of a licensee that are eligible for expungement shall be expunged within 31 days of becoming eligible for expungement.
2. B. Suspensions related to driver safety and revocations shall delay a licensee’s eligibility for expungement as set forth in Transportation Article, §16-117.1, Annotated Code of Maryland.

3. C. The Administration has determined that:

   1. (1) The following driver’s license suspensions are not related to driver safety and become eligible for expungement 1 year after the suspension period ends:

      1. (a) Upon death of a co-signer, as set forth in Transportation Article, §16-109, Annotated Code of Maryland;
      2. (b) Failure to pay Child Support, as set forth in Transportation Article, §16-203, Annotated Code of Maryland;
      3. (c) Outstanding Arrest Warrant, as set forth in Transportation Article, §16-204, Annotated Code of Maryland;
      4. (d) Nonpayment of judgment, as set forth in Transportation Article, §17-204, Annotated Code of Maryland;
      5. (e) Dispensing of motor fuel into a dirt bike in Baltimore City, as set forth in Transportation Article, §21-1128, Annotated Code of Maryland;
      6. (f) Failure to appear or comply, as set forth in Transportation Article, §26-204, Annotated Code of Maryland;
      7. (g) Failure to pay, as set forth in Transportation Article, §27-103, Annotated Code of Maryland;
      8. (h) Possession of alcohol by a minor, as set forth in Criminal Law, §10-114 and Courts and Judicial Proceedings, §3-8A-19;
      9. (i) Failure to pay for motor fuel, as set forth in Criminal Law, §7-104 and Transportation Article, §16-206.1, Annotated Code of Maryland;
      10. (j) Improper use of a driver’s license or identification card by a minor to obtain alcohol, as set forth in Criminal Law Article, §10-113 and Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, §3-8A-19, Annotated Code of Maryland;
      11. (k) Noncompliance with traffic citation issued under federal law, as set forth in Transportation Article, §26-206 and Nonpayment of fine, as set forth in Transportation Article, §27-103, Annotated Code of Maryland; and
      12. (l) Rejection by Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund, as set forth in Transportation Article, §17-105, Annotated Code of Maryland; and
   2. (2) Driver license suspensions not listed under §C(1) of this regulation are related to driver safety.

Authority: Transportation Article, §§12-104(b) and 16-117.1, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: October 1, 2017 (44:19 Md. R. 897)

Regulation .02C amended effective October 19, 2020 (47:21 Md. R. 903)