Section 11-713 - Duties of Department. - Maryland Statutes

§ 11-713. Duties of Department.
 

The Department: 

(1) as soon as possible but not later than 3 working days after receiving the conviction data and fingerprints of a registrant, shall transmit the data and fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation if the Bureau does not have that information; 

(2) shall keep a central registry of registrants and a listing of juvenile sex offenders; 

(3) shall reimburse local law enforcement units for the cost of processing the registration statements of registrants, including the cost of taking fingerprints, palm prints, and digital images; 

(4) shall reimburse local law enforcement units for the reasonable costs of implementing community notification procedures; 

(5) shall be responsible for receiving and distributing all intrastate, federal, and foreign government communications relating to the registration of sex offenders; and 

(6) shall notify all jurisdictions where the registrant will reside, carry on employment, or attend school within 3 days of changes in the registrant's registration. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 792(h)(1); 2001, ch. 10, § 2; 2006 Sp. Sess., ch. 4; 2010, chs. 174, 175.]