Miss Utility is a one-call notification center that notifies subscribing underground facility owner members about proposed excavation plans.

Under Maryland law, you must provide prior notification to all owner members of underground facilities when you intend to perform an excavation or demolition. Most underground facility owners are required to become owner members. Owner members receive notification of planned excavation or demolition from the Miss Utility one-call notification center.

As an owner member of underground facilities (traffic signals, fiber optics, highway lighting, Automated Traffic Recorders), MDOT SHA is notified of proposed excavation or demolition within MDOT SHA rights of way.

Anyone proposing excavation or demolition within MDOT SHA rights of way must provide information to the one-call notification center. To learn your responsibilities, read the following:

General Miss Utility Information

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  Miss Utility Information and Requirements (PDF, 77kb)

  Delegation from MDOT’s Secretary for all modes to comply with this policy and supporting documents.

• Title 12, Public Utilities Article, Annotated Code of Maryland (Miss Utility Law)

SHA Locate Marking Fee Information

Title 12 (Miss Utility Law) allows Governmental entities to charge locating fees.

MDOT SHA will invoice contractors/individuals the following fee per ticket:

• $27.00 on tickets coded as “Clear / No Conflict.”
• $35.00 on tickets coded as “Marked.”
• Updated” tickets are charged as:
• "Clear / No Conflict” are $0.00, No Charge
• "Remarked” are $15.00
• $0.00 on tickets coded as “Cancelled.”

The following are exempted from MDOT SHA locating fees:

• Homeowners who perform their own digs/demolitions are exempted from locating fees. Contractors working for homeowners are not exempted.
• Contractors who perform construction or maintenance work under SHA Contracts
• Work performed by local towns, counties, or other municipalities