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97 Opinions of the Attorney General (2012)
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95 Opinions of the Attorney General (2010)
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93 Opinions of the Attorney General (2008)
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78 Opinions of the Attorney General (1993)

Selected Recent Letters of Advice Application of the Maryland Wiretap Act to situations in which citizens record public activities of police officers (July 7, 2010). Whether Instant Bingo Machines are Illegal Slot Machines under Maryland Law   (March 10, 2008) Attorney General recommends that certain 17-year olds be permitted to vote in primary (December 19, 2007)

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• Whether one company's excavation and removal of a competitor's underground liquefied petroleum gas storage tank constitutes a violation of secs. 11-601 to 11-606 of the Commercial Law Article or otherwise exposes the excavating company to other civil or criminal liability.
  
  
• Does Baltimore City Code, Article 19  sec. 32-3, which prohibits a person within a certain distance from a liquor store from selling food or other merchandise to a minor,  regulate in an area that is exclusively occupied by the State?
  
  
• What are the limitations on the authority of Sheriff's deputies who carry out law enforcement activities within the territory of another county pursuant to mutual aid agreements?
  
  
• Whether local correctional institutions must comply with national standards established under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003.
  
  
• Does the Uninsured Employers' Fund have the right to recover certain statutory assessments paid to the Subsequent Injury Fund out of UEF statutory funds
  
  
• Whether the Worcester County Department of Liquor (“DLC”) should be treated as a retailer or wholesaler when purchasing alcoholic beverages from another Maryland licensed wholesaler
  
  
• Request from Board of Directors, Baltimore Metropolitan Council regarding the authority of police officers to escort group charity rides in "emergency status", and the liability implications of doing so.
  
  
• Does the Orphans' Court have jurisdiction over personnel matters in the Register of Wills office?
  
  
• Does Charles County, a Code Home Rule County, have the power to enact a public local law that would require developers to include certain provisions in the documents governing the homeowners' associations created by the developers for new developments?
  

• Whether COMAR 13A.07.05.01, which requires local boards of education to “develop and implement plans and procedures for the attainment of racial balance at the various levels of the public school system”, is constitutional.
  
  
• Whether under Health Occupations Article, of the Annotated Code of Maryland, a pre-need funeral contract, funded by money trusting, can contain both guaranteed and nonguaranteed funeral services and/or merchandise.