RULE 1-322.1. EXCLUSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFIER INFORMATION IN COURT FILINGS
West's Annotated Code of MarylandMaryland RulesEffective: August 1, 2020
Effective: August 1, 2020
MD Rules, Rule 1-322.1
RULE 1-322.1. EXCLUSION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFIER INFORMATION IN COURT FILINGS
(a) Applicability. This Rule applies only to pleadings and other papers filed in an action on or after July 9, 2013 by a person other than a judge or judicial appointee. The Rule does not apply to administrative records, business license records, or notice records, as those terms are defined in Rule 16-903.
Committee note: Although not subject to this Rule, judges and judicial appointees should be aware of the purpose of the Rule and refrain from including personal identifier information in their filings, unless necessary.
Cross reference: For the definition of “action,” see Rule 1-202. For the prohibition against including certain personal information on recordable instruments, see Code, Real Property Article, § 3-111. For the prohibition against publicly posting or displaying on an Internet Website certain personal information contained in court records, including notice records, see Code, Courts Article, § 1-205.
Committee note: Financial accounts include credit and debit card accounts, bank accounts, brokerage accounts, insurance policies, and annuity contracts. PIN numbers or other account passwords also may need to be redacted, as well as health information identifiers.
Committee note: It may be necessary to provide personal identifier information to a court official, including a clerk, sheriff, or constable, in order for that official to send or serve notices, summonses, or other documents. Subsection (d)(3) of this Rule is not intended to permit ex parte communications with a judge.
(4) if the full information is required to be in the filing and the filing is a paper filing, file the paper in duplicate, one copy with the information redacted as required by section (b) of this Rule and one copy without redaction, together with instructions to the clerk to shield the unredacted copy in conformance with the Rules in Title 16, Chapter 900; or
Committee note: Other than remote access to docket entries, nonparties currently do not have remote access to documents filed with the court, except under certain limited circumstances, such as in asbestos-related litigation.
Committee note: This Rule does not affect the discoverability of personal information.
Source: This Rule is in part derived from Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2 (2007) and is in part new.
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[Adopted May 1, 2013, eff. July 1, 2013. Amended July 2, 2013, eff. July 9, 2013; August 26, 2014, eff. August 27, 2014; June 6, 2016, eff. July 1, 2016; June 20, 2017, eff. Aug. 1, 2017; June 29, 2020, eff. Aug. 1, 2020.]
MD Rules, Rule 1-322.1, MD R GEN Rule 1-322.1
Current with amendments received through February 1, 2023. Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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