Unless prohibited by law, the custodian may notify any person who could be adversely affected by disclosure of a public record to the applicant that a request for inspection or copying of the record has been made. The custodian may solicit and consider the viewpoint of that person before deciding whether to disclose the record to the applicant.

Authority: State Government Article, §10-621;
Natural Resources Article §§3-903(d) and 3-905(b); Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: February 28, 1983 (10:4 Md. R. 316)

Chapter revised effective December 11, 2003 (30:24 Md. R. 1744)