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

Authority: State Government Article, §10-611 et seq., Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: October 12, 1981 (8:20 Md. R. 1635)

Regulations .01, .02B, and .14 amended, .07 and .09 repealed, and new .07 adopted effective July 16, 1984 (11:14 Md. R. 1250)

Regulations .02B and .03 amended effective July 29, 1985 (12:15 Md. R. 1516)

Regulation .07-1 adopted effective July 29, 1985 (12:15 Md. R. 1516)

Regulations .07-1 and .08 recodified to Regulations .08 and .09

Chapter recodified from COMAR 10.01.08 to COMAR 26.01.04

Chapter revised effective March 18, 1991 (18:5 Md. R. 595)

Regulation .02 amended effective October 4, 1999 (26:20 Md. R. 1548)

Regulation .07E adopted effective October 4, 1999 (26:20 Md. R. 1548)

Regulation .13 amended effective October 4, 1999 (26:20 Md. R. 1548)