Use this form to provide law enforcement with a description of a respondent for service of process. Learn more at mdcourts.gov/peaceorders.

 

Use this form if you are a professional bail bondsperson and are posting a bond for a defendant (Md. Rule 4-217).

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.

Addendum To Petition For Peace Order

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.

Brochure - How To File A Peace Or Protection Order

 
Need help filling out court forms? Maryland Guide & File is a web-based tool that helps fill out court forms.

NOTE: This form has been revised as of 10/01/2023. See Public Notice for additional details

Form used to state compliance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”). The CARES Act provides a temporary moratorium on eviction filings, as well as other protections for tenants in certain covered properties.

Use this form if disclosing your address on a Peace Order petition would put you at risk of further harm.