MSA C105 - JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (Docket), MSA T3518- (Special Proceedings Docket, Index), 1984-1991 OR MSA T3490 - (Special Proceedings Docket), 1987-1988 OR (Docket books only)(All files at District Court Record Center) In order to contact a circuit court for assistance, please see the List of Maryland Circuit Courts. Again, some of the individual dockets have volume indices. The left column shows the name of the county, the center column lists the criminal records we possess, and the right column lists indices in our possession. The Circuit Court Criminal Records guide follows the same format as the District Court Criminal Records guide. The Maryland circuit court system was established in 1851. FOR ACCESS TO THEIR RECORDS, PLEASE CONTACT THE NEAREST DISTRICT COURT OR THE MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES. THE DISTRICT COURT RECORD CENTER DOES NOT DEAL DIRECTLY WITH INDIVIDUALS. We can also make copies directly from the film, by obtaining the roll and frame numbers from the District Court Record Center. Any District Court or the Maryland State Archives can obtain a fax copy of a file from the District Court Record Center. Since the expunged record is still on the film, this is a restricted record series. As records are expunged, they are removed from the computerized records accessioning system. They access the records on the film through a Kodak records accessioning system, known as KARS. They send one to the Maryland State Archives and keep one for their use. This facility is known as the District Court Record Center or more familiarly as the District Court Warehouse.įor a number of years, the record center has been microfilming and destroying files. The District Court system has created a centralized records management center in Annapolis to be responsible for the many records the courts have created over the years. Should you need to contact a district court please see List of Maryland District Courts. Many of the indices are still in the possession of the district court. In addition, many of the dockets created by courts that existed prior to July 1971 contain volume indices. The MARYLAND JUDICIAL CASE SEARCH may be accessed from .us. This does not include the CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM and the MARYLAND JUDICIAL SYSTEM CASE SEARCH. These may be dockets or electronic format. The right column lists any indices that we possess for a record series. We have listed the records that we possess for the various lower level courts in the District Court section of the guide. Some records still remain in the custody of the district/circuit court. Some records were incorporated into the records of the district/circuit court, sent here and are listed under the name of the district/circuit court. These records were listed under the name of the originating court. Many of them came to the Maryland State Archives for storage. When these courts ceased to exist, their records went a number of different places. Prior to that time each county had a number of lower level courts, each with their own methods of creating and storing records. The modern District Court System was established in July 1971. MSA or no designation indicates records stored at the Maryland State Archives. HF, OR and CW designations indicate documents under Hall of Records jurisdiction but housed at off site storage facilities. In the center column, we have listed the record series number (with a link to the inventory, where an online inventory exists), the name of the agency (if the agency was not the district court), the series title, the years for which we have records in the series, a designation as to which facility the records are stored in and notes or explanations on how best to use the series. In the left hand column, we have listed the county name, the district number assigned to that court, the county abbreviation and the letter which is used to designate that county as part of the case numbering system used by the court since 1983. Access to these records varies according to jurisdiction, court and time period what follows is a guide to modern criminal records at the Maryland State Archives.įor more information about expungements, visit the Expungements FAQ page. The Maryland State Archives has in its possession a wide variety of criminal records from all 23 counties, Baltimore City, and the Courts of Appeal.
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