Section 4-206 - Marriage, divorce, and annulment records. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-206. Marriage, divorce, and annulment records.
 

(a)  Collection; preservation; indexing.- The Secretary shall collect, index, and safeguard the marriage, divorce, and annulment records that clerks of court file as provided by law. 

(b)  Changes in records; discrepancies.-  

(1) The Secretary may change a marriage, divorce, or annulment record in the file of the Department only if a clerk of court sends, as provided by law, a certified report of the change. 

(2) If a discrepancy exists between the record of a clerk of court and the record of the Secretary as to a marriage, divorce, or annulment, the record of the clerk of court shall be considered correct. 

(c)  Copies.-  

(1) A clerk of court may provide a certified copy of a record of any marriage, divorce, or annulment in accordance with usual custom and as provided by law. 

(2) The Secretary may not provide a certified copy of any record of divorce or annulment. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 14; 1982, ch. 21, § 2.]