Records may be housed in various locations. District Court records are generally maintained in the court where the proceeding was held. After a period of three years, court records are archived.

Case Information: records of active cases

Records
• Civil
• Criminal
History
Sex Offender Registry
• Traffic
• Vital (Birth, death, marriage, etc.)

Expungement: how to get criminal records removed.

Transcripts and Recordings: how to get a transcript or a cd recording of a District Court hearing.

Case Information
How do I obtain information about my case?
In order for a clerk to give you information on the telephone about the date and time of a hearing, you need to call the clerk in the court where the case will be heard with the case number.

If you do not have the case number, you will need to go to the court where the case will be heard and search through the case records for your name. The clerk is unable to provide name searches.

If you wish to obtain official record of a case, file an Application to Inspect Public Records (DC34) with the court. There is a fee for photocopies of these records.

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Civil Records
How do I obtain information on a civil case?
Civil case records are maintained in the court where the case was heard for a period of three years.

You will need to go to the court where the case will be heard and search through the case records. The clerk is unable to provide searches.

If you wish to obtain official record of a case, file an Application to Inspect Public Records (DC34) with the court. There is a fee for photocopies of these records.
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Traffic records
You obtain certified driving records from MVA.

To obtain certified records of traffic tickets, citations and charging documents, you should call District Court's traffic processing unit at 800-492-2656.

http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/

The telephone number of the Division of Vital Records is 410-764-3038

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