{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-state-government-10-617","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, State Government § 10–617","heading":"","body":"(a) A public official may offer to the Archives or may destroy any of the following materials that the public official no longer needs:\n(1) a book, magazine, or newspaper;\n(2) other library or museum material that was made or acquired for reference or exhibition purposes;\n(3) an extra copy of a document that was kept only for convenience of reference;\n(4) a stock of publications;\n(5) an acceptance or refusal of an invitation or engagement of a public officer; and\n(6) material that otherwise relates to personal business of a public officer.\n(b) The State Archivist may set classes of materials that the public official may destroy if the public official no longer needs the materials.","path":["Article - State Government"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gsg\u0026section=10-617","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T20:00:58Z","sha256":"01ad703e0069d00d3ef18e0c1425ffbb19b756be408b02bd5cb100c9b854e52f","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-state-government-10-616","next":"us-md/md.-code-state-government-10-618"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}