Clerk of the Circuit Court Services

Peggy Magee
Clerk of the Circuit Court

Civil
Any claim for damages in excess of $30,000.00 ($2500 - $30,000 concurrent jurisdiction with District Court):

• Administrative Agency Appeals
• District Court Appeals

Any matter involving domestic relations, title to property, foreclosures, mechanic liens and injunctions

• Change of Name
• Adoption
• Guardianship

Paternity/Support

• Paternity
• Reciprocal Non-Support
• http://www.dhr.state.md.us/csea/index.htm
  

Criminal

• Grand Jury Indictments
• Criminal Information
• Charges by States Attorney
• Jury Trial Prayers from District Court
• Appeals from District Court

Juvenile

• Delinquency
• Children in need of Assistance
• Adoptions
• Juvenile and Adoption Records are not open to the public except by order of the court

Liens and Judgments

• Encumbrances against anything you own
• Federal Tax Lien
• Maryland Tax Lien
• District Court Lien
• Judgment by Litigation
• U.S. District Court
• Bankruptcy
• Juries
• Grand and Petit Jurors are selected at random as prescribed by the Court of Appeals

Recording
The following items must be recorded to be maintained as permanent records in the office. Copies are available upon request for a fee.

Land Records

• Deeds
• Mortgages and/or Deeds of Trusts
• Leases
• Releases of Mortgages and/or Deeds of Trust

Plats

• Subdivision
• Condominium
• Highway

Contract Pertaining to Land

Financing Statements
Originals filed at State Department of Assessment and Taxation
Continuations and Terminations Statements

Corporation Records

Partnership Records

Agency Records
Anyone conducting a business in other than their given name must register the trade name of the business with the office of State Assessment. This is not a function of the Clerk’s Office.

Commissions
Elected and appointed officials on County and City levels in addition to the appointments by the Governor of the Boards and Commissions wherein oaths are ministered

Passport Applications

Military Discharges

Licenses

The following licenses may be obtained from this Office:

• Marriages
• Licenses
• Civil Ceremony
• Certified Copies

Business Licenses

• Coin Operated Machines and Vending Machines
• Billiard
• Chain Store
• Cigarette
• Cleaning, Dyeing, Pressing & Laundry
• Construction Firms
• Plumbers and Gas Fitters
• Restaurant
• Special Cigarette
• Soda Fountain
• Traders
• Storage Warehouse