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: General Provisions Article, §§4-201, 4-205, and 4-206; Public Safety Article, §2-205; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: February 24, 1997 (24:4 Md. R. 295)

Regulation .13A amended effective June 21, 2004 (31:12 Md. R. 914); December 21, 2015 (42:25 Md. R. 1547)