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The Maryland Case Search website was updated in January 2026. (Courtesy photo)
Mar 3, 2026

MD Judiciary to launch new Case Search site

The Maryland Judiciary plans to launch its new case search and record portal on March 14, the court system announced.

The Maryland Case Search website was updated in January 2026. (Courtesy photo)
Jan 6, 2026

MD upgrades websites, including Case Search and campaign finance site

Several of Maryland’s government websites are getting makeovers, including two of the state’s most-used databases.

Retired Judge McDonald will miss collegiality, plans to pinch sit
Jul 29, 2022

Database key to judges’ names must be disclosed, Md. high court says

Maryland’s Administrative Office of the Courts must disclose the alphanumeric key used to identify District Court judges in the public Judiciary Case Search database, the state’s top court ruled.

High court will weigh lawyers’ exemption in debt collection
Apr 4, 2022

Md. high court weighs if database key to judges’ names must be disclosed

An attorney for Maryland’s Administrative Office of the Courts on Monday defended its refusal to disclose the alphanumeric key used to identify District Court judges in the public Judiciary Case […]

Maryland Court of Appeals
Dec 10, 2021

Maryland high court to consider if database key to judges’ names must be disclosed

Maryland’s top court will consider whether the state must disclose the alphanumeric key used to identify District Court judges in a public database.

Second family suing Harbour School alleging failure to address abuse
May 18, 2020

Judiciary Case Search expands to appellate courts

The online database Maryland Judiciary Case Search now includes access to cases from the state’s appellate courts. Case Search users can search for Court of Appeals and Court of Special […]

Woodlawn security facility reaches $135,000 settlement with EEOC
Nov 21, 2019

Administrative Office of the Courts to appeal order on Case Search ‘key’

The Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts will appeal a judge’s ruling ordering it to disclose a key to identify District Court judges in the public Case Search database. Judges’ names are […]

Advocates disappointed in amended expungement bill
Oct 22, 2019

Abell Foundation seeks key to identities of judges in Case Search

Maryland’s system of identifying District Court judges in the public Case Search database by a three-character code, with no “key” available to users, is being challenged under the state’s Public […]

Advocates disappointed in amended expungement bill
Feb 6, 2019

Delegates debate mandating judge names in Case Search

A bill to mandate the inclusion of judges’ names in Maryland Judiciary Case Search faced pushback Wednesday as skeptics questioned whether the measure would endanger judges or lead to public […]

MVLS tracking impact of driver’s license violations on clients
Nov 30, 2018

MVLS tracking impact of driver’s license violations on clients

The Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service has been taking a closer look at the impact driver’s license violations have on low-income Marylanders’ ability to get their records expunged and whether violations […]

Apr 12, 2016

Partial expungement fails in Md. General Assembly despite last-minute efforts

Eleventh-hour logistics killed a bill with bipartisan support in the General Assembly that would have allowed people to expunge online evidence of crimes that didn’t result in convictions. House Bill […]

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