How to Find Maryland Court Records

Most of the documents filed in a court case are public records. You can find court records in three ways.

Go to the court house and go to the clerk’s office. The directory on this website would link you to information on location, hours and clerks for the Maryland Circuit and District Courts

You can find certain records online for free through the Maryland judiciary case search. These include traffic cases in District court as well as criminal and civil cases in both the District and Circuit Courts.

  • Exception- Montgomery and Prince Georges County records are not currently available online through this system.
  • Warning- Not all information from the Court records is available online.
  • Details- Answers to frequent questions

Reports and research on public access to Maryland court records - Look at website maintained by the Committee on Access to Court Records

Where to find on-line court records in neighboring states

Virginia - Supreme Court, Court of appeals, some Circuit Courts and the general District Court.

Delaware - Superior Court.

District of Columbia - Superior Court.

Pennsylvania - limited number of counties are available.

Source: The Maryland Legal Assistance Network, updated by the Maryland State Law Library (MSLL).
Last date reviewed 4/2/08 (No legal content) (PLL/M.A.J.)
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