Legal Research

Several changes have taken place over the past few months.

1)      The old dial-up system proving access to the record dockets to Circuit and District courts has been shut down. All users have migrated to the web interface at http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inquiry/inquiry-index.jsp

2)      Previously, data was not provided on the web interface for case information from Montgomery and Prince George's Counties Circuit courts. Now the system provides information from these two counities, but there is a one-day delay. Circuit courts are the general jurisidiction courts in Maryland.

3)      To better manage the civil case load, the Maryland Judiciary raised the civil case limit at the lower, limited jurisdicational District Courts from $25,000 to $30,000. However, not all courts are necessarily following this pattern. A search of both courts is in order when looking for records involving that dollar amount range.