Maryland Public Safety Section 5-120

      (a)      (1)      On receipt of a firearm application, a licensee or designated law enforcement agency shall promptly forward one copy of it to the Secretary by certified mail or facsimile machine.

            (2)      The copy of the firearm application forwarded to the Secretary shall contain the name, address, and signature of the prospective seller, lessor, or transferor.

      (b)      (1)      The prospective seller, lessor, or transferor shall keep one copy of the firearm application for not less than 3 years.

            (2)      The firearm applicant is entitled to the remaining copy of the firearm application.

      (c)      (1)      Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the licensee or designated law enforcement agency shall forward the $10 application fee with the firearm application to the Secretary.

            (2)      A licensee or designated law enforcement agency that uses a facsimile machine to forward the firearm application to the Secretary shall:

                  (i)      be billed $10 for each firearm application forwarded to the Secretary during the month; and

                  (ii)      pay the total application fee by the fifteenth day of the following month.