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Court records are available through PACER or at public terminals located in the Clerk's Office. To obtain copies, including certified and exemplified copies, of documents, please send a copy work request to the Clerk's Office. Someone from the Clerk's Office will then contact you with the copy cost.

When proof is made by affidavit that a defendant has acted to evade service, the court may order that service be made by mailing a copy of the summons, complaint, and all other papers filed with it to the defendant at the defendant's last known residence and delivering a copy of each to a person of suitable age and ...

A criminal background check should be done using the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. In addition, the Maryland State Archives also contains many court records and criminal case records, depending on what each county has transferred to archives.

With a few exceptions, anyone may view the records in person at the clerk's office. Provide the clerk with the case number for the court record you wish to view. If you do not have the case number, the clerk may be able to locate the file with the names of the persons involved.

Maryland Judiciary Case Search (?Case Search?) is the primary way that the public may search for records of court cases.

Public records in Maryland belong to the State. Public records sometimes end up in private hands for a variety of reasons, not all of which are sinister. Conscientious members of the public often preserve records from places where they have been illegally discarded or inadvertently misplaced.