1. A. A complaint, response, or reply to a response is deemed received on the date that it is postmarked or sent by email to the Board.

2. B. Inmate Applicants.

   1. (1) A complaint, response, or reply to a response is deemed received on the date that the complaint, response, or reply to a response, in mailable form and with proper postage affixed is:

      1. (a) Deposited by the inmate applicant into a receptacle designated by the facility for outgoing mail; or
      2. (b) Personally delivered to an employee of the facility authorized by the facility to collect such mail.
   2. (2) A date stamp affixed pursuant to COMAR 12.02.20.04A or COMAR 12.12.20.04A, or a similar date stamp affixed by a county detention center or other detention facility not within the control of the Division of Correction, is evidence of the date on which an inmate applicant sent a complaint, response, or reply to a response under §B(1) of this regulation.

Authority: General Provisions Article, §4-1A-04, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: June 13, 2022 (49:12 Md. R. 641)