Court Form Search
Most Maryland court forms and brochures are available in this index. Use the filters on the left to narrow your search by topic, court, and language. Not sure which form you need? Use a Court Forms Finder, which will guide you through a series of questions to help identify the form you need. Still have questions? Call the Maryland Court Help Center at 410-260-1392.
Using Search will allow you to filter the list of titles by form number or keyword. This can be helpful if you are unsure where the form is categorized or if you are looking for multiple forms related to a single topic. If you are searching by form number, the number format must end with three numeric digits (example: DC-CV-001 or DCCV001).
Address Change Request
Use this form to ask the court to change your address in a court case.
Affidavit of Bail Bondsman
Use this form if you are a professional bail bondsperson and are posting a bond for a defendant (Md. Rule 4-217).
Affidavit of Service (Certified Mail Restricted Delivery-Receipt Requested)
Use this form to provide proof to the court that copies of documents filed in a family case have been delivered to a party.
Affidavit of Service (Private Process)
Use this form to provide proof to the court that copies of documents filed in a case have been served on a party.
Affidavit of Uncompensated Surety
Use this document if you are posting a bond for a defendant and you have not received compensation, charge any fees, and/or no collateral has been pledged with the execution of the bond.
Assignment of Bond
Use this form if you are a surety who have posted a bond and are requesting the bond be used to pay fines/costs, restitution, and/or be sent to a specific person wish the bond amount to be assigned to pay fines/costs or restitution.
Certificate of Service
Use this form to certify to the court that documents were mailed or hand delivered to a party in a case.
Civil Domestic Case Information Report
Complete and attach this form to a complaint in a family case.
Declaration of Trust of Real Estate to Secure Performance of a Bail Bond
Financial Statement (Child Support Guidelines)
Use this financial form in a child custody/support case in which parties combined income is $30,000 or less.
Financial Statement (General)
Use this financial form in a family case if parties combined income is more than $30,000.
General Instructions for Family and Guardianship Forms
Use this instruction form for cases including child custody, visitation, child support, divorce, alimony, name change, contempt, and guardianship.
Joint Statement of the Parties Concerning Decision-Making Authority and Parenting Time
Use this form if you are NOT able to reach a comprehensive parenting plan agreement.
Maryland Parenting Plan Instructions
Use this instructional form when developing a parenting plan. Learn more: Parenting Plan web page.
Maryland Parenting Plan Tool
Use this form to create a parenting plan. See instructions here. Learn more: Parenting Plan web page.
Motion for Alternate Service and Affidavit
Use this form to ask the court to order service by public posting or publication.
Notice - Alternate Service
Use this notice for service of process by posting or publication.
Petition for Contempt
Use this form to tell the court about a violation of an existing court order.
Petition for Remission of Bond Forfeiture
Use this form to petition for the refund of bond monies previously forfeited and collected as revenue for the state (less any expenses of the state in producing the defendant) if: the forfeiture was paid within the allowed timeframe of 90 (or 180) days; the surety produces evidence the defendant was incarcerated when the civil judgment was entered; OR the court strikes the judgment of forfeiture for fraud, mistake, or irregularity.
Petition to Strike Bond Forfeiture/Extend Period for Satisfaction
Use this form to petition the court to order a bond forfeiture stricken, and the civil judgment satisfied, for good cause shown OR to extend the period for satisfaction of the bond from 90 days after the date of the defendant's failure to appear to 180 days, for good cause shown.
Professional Bondsman/Agent Information
Use this form if you are a professional bondsperson/agent to provide or and need to update your contact information with District Court Headquarters, to be included on the required list of bail bondsmen authorized to write bail bond in the state (Md. Rule 4-217(d))the court.
Request for Hearing or Proceeding
Use this form to ask the court to schedule a hearing in a family case.
Request for Order of Default
Use this form to tell the court that a party has missed a deadline to respond to a complaint filed in a family case.