Maryland's Public Information Act (PIA) provides a broad right of access to public records while protecting legitimate governmental interests and the privacy rights of individual citizens. The PIA also allows a custodian to deny inspection of public records if access would be contrary to the rules enacted by the Supreme Court of Maryland (formerly the Court of Appeals) in Title 16, Chapter 900 of the Maryland Rules.
Most judicial records are in the custody of a local clerk’s office. To request those records, please contact the appropriate clerk’s office, which is generally where the case was filed or the hearing or trial was conducted. See Judicial Records Requests or Public Records for contact information.
To request a judicial record from the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) or to request court data, contact the AOC’s representative:
Nick Cavey
Public Information Officer
Government Relations and Public Affairs
Administrative Office of the Courts
187 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: 410-260-1488
Email: [email protected]
Internet Address: https://mdcourts.gov
For records for which the Library is custodian, contact the Library's PIA representative:
James G. Durham
Director
Thurgood Marshall State Law Library
Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building
361 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, Maryland 21401-1697
Phone: 410.260.1430 ; toll-free: 888-216-8156
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet Address: https://mdcourts.gov/lawlib