If a requested record has been destroyed or lost, the custodian to whom the application is made shall promptly notify the applicant of this fact and explain in the response the reasons why the record cannot be produced.

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)