Maryland State Government Section 10-640

      (a)      A public official may offer to the Archives or may destroy any of the following materials that the public official no longer needs:

            (1)      a book, magazine, or newspaper;

            (2)      other library or museum material that was made or acquired for reference or exhibition purposes;

            (3)      an extra copy of a document that was kept only for convenience of reference;

            (4)      a stock of publications;

            (5)      an acceptance or refusal of an invitation or engagement of a public officer; and

            (6)      material that otherwise relates to personal business of a public officer.

      (b)      The State Archivist may set classes of materials that the public official may destroy if the public official no longer needs the materials.