{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-health-general-4-206","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Health - General § 4–206","heading":"","body":"(a) The Secretary shall collect, index, and safeguard the marriage, divorce, and annulment records that clerks of court file as provided by law.\n(b) (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.\n(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.\n(c) (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.\n(2) The Secretary may not provide a certified copy of any record of divorce or annulment.","path":["Article - Health - General"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=ghg\u0026section=4-206","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:48Z","sha256":"64e3009eb6e3ed9e4159e4526feaf26d4e021c4eb60092cf1e044b48503d43d6","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-health-general-4-205","next":"us-md/md.-code-health-general-4-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}