Legal Question in Criminal Law in Maryland

detained by police but not charged -possible to purge records?

I was detained by police and questioned but not charged. Apparantly record of this still exists on the CC. How can records of this be incident be expunged? I tried going through the district court and filing the petition for expungement but that method is not applicable where charges have not been filed.


Asked on 11/15/01, 2:42 pm

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Re: detained by police but not charged -possible to purge records?

Article 27 of the Maryland Code � 736. Expungement of police records; release without charge.

Statute text

(a) Notice and request for expungement.- If an individual is arrested, detained, or confined by a law enforcement agency for a suspected violation of a criminal law other than a nonincarcerable violation of the vehicle laws of the State or any other traffic law, ordinance, or regulation, and is released without being charged with the commission of a crime, the individual may give written notice of these facts to any law enforcement agency which the individual believes may have police records concerning that arrest, detention, or confinement, and request the expungement of those police records.

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Answered on 11/16/01, 6:30 pm


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