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§ 2-503. Secretary of Health; records

West's Annotated Code of MarylandFamily Law

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Family Law (Refs & Annos)
Title 2. Marriage (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 5. Records (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Family Law, § 2-503
§ 2-503. Secretary of Health; records
Currentness
Reports to Secretary of Health
(a) At the intervals that the Secretary of Health sets, each clerk shall send to the Secretary:
(1) a copy of the record of each marriage that the clerk licenses and records;
(2) a report of each divorce that the court grants;
(3) a report of each annulment of a marriage that the court:
(i) grants; or
(ii) effects by entering a conviction of bigamy or of marrying within any prohibited degree; and
(4) a report of any change in a marriage, divorce, or annulment record, in which the clerk shall certify that the change is correct and conforms to the corresponding record of the clerk.
Form of reports
(b) The report of a divorce or annulment or of a change in a marriage, divorce, or annulment record shall be made on the form that the Secretary of Health provides.
Duplication of marriage records by the Secretary
(c)(1) The Secretary of Health may make photostatic, photographic, or microphotographic copies of the original marriage records of a clerk.
(2) The Secretary of Health may not remove any original marriage record from the custody of the clerk.
(3) The Secretary of Health shall:
(i) make the copies in a manner that does not interfere with the orderly transaction of business by the clerk; and
(ii) bear the cost of making the copies.
Extra compensation prohibited
(d) The clerk may not receive any extra compensation for sending a report or record to the Secretary or for making records available to the Secretary.
Penalty
(e) A clerk who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of $10 for each offense.

Credits

Added by Acts 1984, c. 296, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 2017, c. 62, § 6.
Formerly Art. 62, § 18.
MD Code, Family Law, § 2-503, MD FAMILY § 2-503
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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