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Maryland pesticide application records
Maryland Department of Agriculture, Pesticide Regulation Section (MDA-MD) requires each licensee and permit holder to keep a record of every pesticide, not only restricted-use products. The rule: COMAR 15.05.01.12; Md. Agric. Code Title 5, Subtitle 2. This guide lists what the record must contain, when it is due, how long to keep it, and what SprayDocs checks before the PDF leaves your phone.
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At a glance
- Complete the record
- The rule we reviewed names no completion deadline, but the record must be immediately available to MDA on request.
- Keep it for
- At least 2 years from the application.
- Who keeps it
- Each licensee and permit holder — commercial lawn and pest businesses.
- Official form
- MDA-MD publishes an optional sample form; none is mandated. SprayDocs exports its own layout with the citations printed on it.
- Filed with the state?
- No routine filing; inspection on request.
- Copies
- No standing copy deadline in the rule we reviewed; copies owed on request are described under filing. Federal law still requires a customer copy within 30 days for restricted-use applications.
What the record must contain
The elements below are required on every Maryland record. SprayDocs shows exactly these inputs for a Maryland record and will not produce the PDF while a required one is blank.
Always on the record
Required in every state, including Maryland.
- Date of the application
- Firm name, address and phone number
- Responsible commercial applicator and license number
- Name of each applicator who made the application
- Customer name and the address of the treated site
- Trade name of each product applied
- Type of site or property treated
Maryland adds
- Start timeThe time the application began, for each treatment.
- Area treatedHow much area was treated (square feet, acres, linear feet…).
- Amount applied / total mix volumeThe total amount of mix or product applied to the site.
- EquipmentThe equipment or apparatus used to make the application.
- Application methodHow the pesticide was applied — ground, aerial, or chemigation.
- EPA registration numberThe EPA registration number printed on each product label.
- Mix rate / concentrationThe mix rate or concentration of each product in the tank.
- Wind direction / velocityWind direction and speed at the site during the application.
- Target pestThe pest or purpose each product was applied for.
- Pesticide common nameThe pesticide’s common name, alongside the trade name.
Who must keep it, and for which jobs
Who: Each licensee and permit holder — commercial lawn and pest businesses.
Which jobs: Every pesticide, not only restricted-use products.
Is anything filed with the state?
No routine filing; inspection on request.
Copies of the record
No standing copy deadline in the rule we reviewed; copies owed on request are described under filing. Federal law still requires a customer copy within 30 days for restricted-use applications.
Restricted-use products in every state: federal law (7 U.S.C. 136i-1) requires commercial applicators to keep the record 2 years and give the customer a copy within 30 days. SprayDocs flags this on any record with a restricted-use line.
What SprayDocs checks before the PDF
Validation runs on your phone as you type. Blocking items stop the export; reminders do not.
- Every required element above is checked for a blank: 10 state-specific inputs plus the elements common to all states.
- A stop time before the start time blocks; an application date in the future is flagged.
- A product marked restricted-use requires its EPA registration number and shows the federal 2-year / 30-day reminder.
- Text that the PDF fonts cannot print (an emoji, say) is cleaned rather than allowed to blank a field.
Sources
The rule text SprayDocs was built against, and where to read it. The SprayDocs research ledger is dated August 4, 2026 and each state’s configuration was checked against it as the state was built; confidence for Maryland: high.
- COMAR 15.05.01.12
- Md. Agric. Code Title 5, Subtitle 2
- mda.maryland.gov — https://mda.maryland.gov/Documents/Wkgp_Recordkeeping.pdf
- mda.maryland.gov — https://mda.maryland.gov/plants-pests/documents/records.pdf
- law.cornell.edu — https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/maryland/COMAR-15-05-01-12
Retention, deadline and filing facts on this page come from the rule cited above. Rules change; when in doubt, read the rule or ask MDA-MD.
Fill out the Maryland record
SprayDocs opens with exactly the Maryland inputs above, checks them as you type, and produces a PDF (usually one page) laid out around the rule, with the citations printed on it — all on your phone. The app runs in English or Spanish. Filling it out needs no account; a free account downloads the PDF and keeps a synced copy; the Pro plan adds the crew.
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