Maryland Public Records Law

= Short Description =

Who is covered?
Governor: Covered

Legislature: Covered

Courts: Covered

Advisory Commitees: Generally covered.

What is the process like?
Anyone can request records, although certain records relating to retirement information can only be requested by "a person of interest". Requests must be made in writing. Requests must be granted or denied within 30 days of reciept. Reasonable fees are allowed for search, preperation, and reproduction costs. Fees are not permited for the first two hours spent responding to a request. Various state and local agencies have adopted their own standard fee schedules.

Most recent changes?
Originally passed in 1970.

= Legislation =

The following are bills introduced in 2011:

= Articles, Blog Posts, etc =