If a requested record has been destroyed or lost, the custodian to whom the application is made shall, within 10 working days of the request, notify the applicant of this fact and explain in the response the reasons why the records cannot be produced.

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)