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   - **Identify which city agency holds the records (each agency handles its own requests; there is no single citywide portal)** — Requester; use the agency's own MPIA page or the Maryland Manual directory of Baltimore City agencies. Find the MPIA contact on the agency's page at baltimorecity.gov. To find the right city agency, the Department of Public Works (DPW) points requesters to the Maryland Manual's online directory. ([[https://www.baltimorecity.gov/publicworks/contact-us/maryland-public-information-act-requests|source]])
-  - **Put the request in writing, describe the records specifically, and give a way to reply** — Requester, writing to the agency's records contact (example: DPW, Dominic Lamartina). Send it by email (DPW prefers email but does not require it) or by U.S. mail. Describe the records reasonably and specifically, and include an email or return mailing address. ([[https://www.baltimorecity.gov/publicworks/contact-us/maryland-public-information-act-requests|source]])
+  - **Put the request in writing, describe the records specifically, and give a way to reply** — Requester, writing to the agency's records contact (example: DPW's records contact, listed on its MPIA page). Send it by email (DPW prefers email but does not require it) or by U.S. mail. Describe the records reasonably and specifically, and include an email or return mailing address. ([[https://www.baltimorecity.gov/publicworks/contact-us/maryland-public-information-act-requests|source]])
   - **Use an agency webform where one exists (example: Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals)** — Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals (BMZA). Fill out the BMZA MPIA Request Webform. Or download the BMZA Document Request Form and email it to bmza@baltimorecity.gov with the subject line 'MPIA Request'. Or mail it to BMZA, Attn: MPIA Request, 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 922, Baltimore, MD 21202. ([[https://www.baltimorecity.gov/zoning/how-to-view-records|source]])
   - **Agencies that take requests by email (example: Housing & Community Development)** — Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD), which routes MPIA requests for processing. Fill out the DHCD MPIA request form and email it to dhcd.mpia@baltimorecity.gov. If you want a search for outstanding fees and violations on a property, that is not an MPIA request. You apply for it through a separate process run by the City's Finance Department. ([[https://www.baltimorecity.gov/dhcd/contact/public-information-act-request|source]])