1. A. When a registrant's 10-year term of registration terminates, the Sex Offender Registry Unit shall:

   1. (1) Remove the registrant from the central registry; and

   2. (2) Notify:

      1. (a) The registrant;
      2. (b) If applicable, the local law enforcement unit overseeing periodic registration;
      3. (c) The victim, if a victim notification request form is on file; and
      4. (d) Other appropriate agencies.

2. B. Early termination of a term of registration may be authorized by the Sex Offender Registry Unit upon submission, by the registrant, of one of the following:

   1. (1) A true test copy of the court order reversing, vacating, or setting aside the conviction underlying the registration;
   2. (2) A copy of a governor's pardon for the conviction underlying the registration;
   3. (3) A true test copy of a court order for expungement of the conviction underlying the registration; or
   4. (4) Documentation submitted by a nonresident registrant from an employer or place of school enrollment that the employment or school enrollment that required registration in this State has terminated.
3. C. If the Sex Offender Registry Unit receives a death certificate or published death notice concerning a registrant, it shall remove the registrant from the central registry and make notification under §A(2)(b)—(d) of this regulation.

Authority: Correctional Services Article, §2-109; Criminal Procedures Article, §§11-701—11-721, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: September 2, 2002 (29:17 Md. R. 1381)

Regulation .17 amended effective December 6, 2007 (34:24 Md. R. 2158)