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Motor Vehicle Administration records: personal information disclosure and recipient limits

MD MVA Records Privacy

Government records · Marketing

Maryland's counterpart to the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act bars the MVA from disclosing personal information in its records except for listed purposes, and never for marketing or telephone solicitation without written consent. Businesses that receive the data may use it only for the permitted purpose, must log redisclosures for 5 years, and may not pass it to federal immigration enforcement without a court warrant; the 2026 Data Privacy Act (ch. 874) broadened the immigration-related limits.

Where

Maryland

Citation

Md. Code, Gen. Prov. § 4-320; Transp. § 12-112

Status

In force

Last amended

2026-07-01

Enforced by

Motor Vehicle Administration (regulations and compliance monitoring, 4-320(h)-(i))

People can sue

No

Penalties

Not specified in the sections reviewed.

Applies to

• The Motor Vehicle Administration as custodian of records containing personal information (4-320(b))
• Private persons and businesses that receive MVA personal information under permitted-use exceptions, who are bound by use, redisclosure, recordkeeping, and immigration-disclosure limits (4-320(g); Transp. 12-112(c))