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§ 11-718. Notice of registration in order to protect public

West's Annotated Code of MarylandCriminal ProcedureEffective: October 1, 2010

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Criminal Procedure (Refs & Annos)
Title 11. Victims and Witnesses (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 7. Sex Offender Registration (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2010
MD Code, Criminal Procedure, § 11-718
§ 11-718. Notice of registration in order to protect public
Currentness
Protection of public from specific registrants
(a)(1) If the Department or a local law enforcement unit finds that, to protect the public from a specific registrant, it is necessary to give notice of a registration statement, a change of address of the registrant, or a change in a county in which the registrant habitually lives to a particular person not otherwise identified under § 11-709 of this subtitle, then the Department or a local law enforcement unit shall give notice of the registration statement to that person.
(2) This notice is in addition to the notice required under § 11-709(b)(1) of this subtitle.
Notification procedures
(b)(1) The Department and local law enforcement units shall establish procedures to carry out the notification requirements of this section, including the circumstances under and manner in which notification shall be provided.
(2) Appropriate notification procedures include those identified in § 11-709 of this subtitle.
Identity of crime victims
(c) A local law enforcement unit and the Department may not release the identity of a victim of a crime that requires registration under this subtitle.
Construction of section with other disclosures allowed or required under law
(d) A disclosure under this section does not limit or prohibit any other disclosure allowed or required under law.

Credits

Added by Acts 2001, c. 10, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2006, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 4, § 1, eff. June 22, 2006; Acts 2010, c. 174, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 175, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010.
Formerly Art. 27, § 792.
MD Code, Criminal Procedure, § 11-718, MD CRIM PROC § 11-718
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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