Md. Code, Public Safety § 3-533
This is the official text of Md. Code, Public Safety § 3-533, part of Maryland’s Code, Public Safety — governs police, fire, and emergency services.
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§3–533.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section, “law enforcement agency” has the meaning stated in § 3–201 of this title.
(b) If a law enforcement agency is notified by a medical examiner under § 5–309(d) of the Health – General Article, the law enforcement agency:
(1) shall reopen or reinvestigate an investigation involving the death of a victim whose cause or manner of death was amended or corrected to be undetermined or homicide; and
(2) may not close a case that was reopened or reinvestigated under item (1) of this subsection until at least 20 years after the law enforcement agency was notified.
(b) If a law enforcement agency is notified by a medical examiner under § 5–309(d) of the Health – General Article, the law enforcement agency:
(1) shall reopen or reinvestigate an investigation involving the death of a victim whose cause or manner of death was amended or corrected to be undetermined or homicide; and
(2) may not close a case that was reopened or reinvestigated under item (1) of this subsection until at least 20 years after the law enforcement agency was notified.
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