Maryland

The U.S.S. Constellation at Baltimore's Inner Harbor

From the 50 State Visitor Guide :

Md. Code of Criminal Procedure 2019  §§11-701 through 11-721

AWA Compliant

Registration Triggers and Deadlines:

Three days for initial reg. and updates for permanent or temporary residents, those who habitually live, students, transients, and those employed in the state.  “Employment” means 14 consecutive days or an aggregate of over 30 days per calendar year. §11-705.

“Transients” (including visitors) present in state for a period exceeding 14 days or an aggregate period for 30 day in a calendar year, for a purpose other than employment or education, must register within 3 days. §11-701(r).

“Habitually lives” means “any place where a person visits for longer than 5 hours per visit more than 5 times within a 30-day period.”  §11-701(d)(2).

Procedure available for removal from registry after departure.

Residency/Presence and Other Restrictions:

Presence restriction: May not knowing enter school grounds or property containing a child care home or child care institution, with exceptions.  §§11-705, 11-722.

Duration & updates:

15 yrs.- life depending on Tier. 

Updates: T1 – 6 mo.  T2 – 6 mo.  T3 – 3 mo.  Homeless registrants – weekly.  §§11-705, 11-707.

Most recent visit: July 2022

Maryland’s rules for visiting registrants shouldn’t be too difficult to follow.  “Transients” (including visitors) intending to be present in the state for more than 14 consecutive days or an aggregate period for 30 day in a calendar year, for a purpose other than employment or education, must register within three days of arrival. §11-701(r).  That should be enough time to cover most situations.

It so happens that I have a sister who lives in Maryland with her husband and several progeny.  In July 2022 my own family was traveling to the Northeast from Florida.  I was tagging along on this trip, coming from my summer home in Iowa and meeting up in Washington DC.  To accomplish all this I spent parts of four consecutive days in Maryland, which was well under the state’s limit of 14 consecutive days or 30 aggregate days per calendar year which would have triggered an obligation to register.

On my first partial day in Maryland I entered from West Virginia on I-68, staying overnight at a motel in Frederick before proceeding on I-70 and I-270 on my way to DC.  I parked at the Branch Ave. Metro station, also in Maryland close to the motel I had reserved for my second night.  It was a weekend, so Metro parking was free and the Metro itself was only $2.00 per trip – VERY cheap compared to the astronomical prices my family paid to park and stay at their downtown hotel.

As I noted in my blog post about DC, we spent parts of two days seeing the sights.  My motel on the first night was in Maryland, and after the second day I visited and spent the night at my sister’s house, also in Maryland.

On my final day in Maryland I met up with my family at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.  It was an oppressively hot July day but we made the best of it, after which we all left for Pennsylvania – my family to another hotel and I to a comfortable state park campground.