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Reviewed 15 November 2009 See also Legal Research and Assistance, below.  E-mail: Administrator@LawSource.com

Maryland Court Decisions

Court of Appeals (Md.) Court of Special Appeals (Md. Ct. Spec. App.) ————— U.S. District Court (D. Md.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court (Bankr. D. Md.)

Appellate cases can be retrieved by citation (e.g., “341 Md. 129” or “107 Md. App. 573” or “669 A.2d 195”) from a LEXIS database (free searching goes back five years only). There is also a text-search function. (Registration is required but is free.)

Maryland Constitution and Legislation

1. Constitution (Md. Const.)
   Additional Resources
   ¶  Maryland Constitution ... [Constitution Society (Mass.)]

2. Bills
   Current Session • Indexes
   Past Sessions and Indexes (to 1996)
   
   See also the Maryland General Assembly web site.

3. Laws of Maryland (Md. Laws)

4. Annotated Code of Maryland (Md. Code)
   Note—The code is not available at any official web site (except for the legislature's on-line version, linked under Additional Resources below, which is hardly usable), but a version provided by LexisNexis is available.
   Additional Resources
   ¶  Annotated Code of Maryland ... [Md. Legislature] — This is a peculiar database, very hard to use. Annotations are not provided in this internet version.

Maryland Rules of Procedure and Practice

Court Rules ♦ Rules of Procedure
U.S. District Court Rules (D. Md. R.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules (D. Md. Bankr. R.)
Note—The state-court rules are not available at any official web site, but a version provided by LexisNexis is available.
1. Rules of Practice ♦ Judicial Rules
   Additional Resources
   ¶  U.S. District Court

   Manuals and Policies

Maryland Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   Code of Maryland Regulations (Md. Regs. Code)
   See also a title-by-title search function and a welcome page.
   1. Maryland Register (Md. Reg.)

2. Opinions ♦ Decisions ♦ Orders ♦ Rulings
   Attorney General Opinions (Ops. Md. Att'y Gen.)

Maryland Local Law Sources

Charters
Chestertown  
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Anne Arundel County <2> Baltimore County <2> Baltimore County <3> Calvert County <3> Caroline County <3> Cecil County <3> Charles County <3> Dorchester County <3> Frederick County <2> Garrett County <2> Harford County <3> Howard County <4> Kent County <3> Montgomery County <2> Queen Anne's County <3> St. Mary's County <4> Talbot County <3> Wicomico County <3> Worcester County <3>     
Click on the button keyed to the name of the county. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.
Municipal Ordinances
Aberdeen <3> Annapolis <4> Cambridge <5> Chestertown <1> Cheverly <5> Chevy Chase <5> College Park <3> Cumberland <5> Denton Town <3> Federalsburg <3> Gaithersburg <5> Glenarden <3> Hagerstown <3> Hampstead <3> Havre de Grace <3> Indian Head <3> La Plata <4> Laurel <5> Leonardtown <3> Middletown <4> Mount Airy <3> Myersville <3> New Carrollton <3> New Windsor <3> North Beach <3> Oakland <3> Princess Anne <3> Ridgely <3> Rock Hall <3> Rockville <5> Snow Hill <3> St. Michaels <3> Sykesville <3> Westminster <3>      
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

Maryland Law-Related Periodicals

Other Maryland Commentary

1. Guide to Doing Business in Maryland. Piper Rudnick LLP ... [Lex Mundi] — This is a guide to state laws relevant to doing business in Maryland.

Maryland Law-Related Topical Web Sites

Maryland Court Information

Web Sites
Maryland Court of Appeals Maryland Court of Special Appeals ————— U.S. District Court U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Addresses ♦ Names ♦ Numbers
Court of Appeals Court of Special Appeals Circuit Courts District Courts

Maryland Forms

1. Comptroller of the Treasury:
   Individual Tax Forms
   Business Tax Forms

2. Court Forms
   U.S. District Court Forms ... Forms are linked along with other resources in an undifferentiated list.

3. Business Entity Forms ...[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

Other Maryland Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
General Assembly Judicial Branch ————— Attorney General Public Defender ————— Comptroller of the Treasury Assessments and Taxation Department Secretary of State
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶  Vital Records — Contact Information ... [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶  Workers' Compensation — Agency Contact and Staff Contact Information ... [Robert W. McDowell / North Carolina Industrial Commission]
Bar Associations ♦ Law-Related Organizations
Maryland State Bar Association ————— District of Maryland, Bankruptcy Bar Association for the J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association Maryland Hispanic Bar Association Maryland Trial Lawyers Association Women's Bar Association of Maryland Women's Law Center of Maryland ————— Anne Arundel [County] Bar Association Baltimore City, Bar Association of Baltimore County Bar Association Frederick County, Bar Association of Hartford County Bar Association Howard County, Bar Association of Montgomery County, Bar Association of Prince George's County Bar Association St. Mary's County Bar Association
The State Bar Association maintains contact information for local and specialty bar associations. See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
Law Schools ♦ Admission to Practice ♦ Continuing Legal Education
University of Baltimore School of Law University of Maryland School of Law

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
Information about Maryland public law libraries is available, but without links to web sites.
Maryland State Law Library ————— Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Baltimore County Cicruit Court Prince George's County Circuit Court University of Baltimore University of Maryland: Thurgood Marshall Law Library
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
Maryland State Bar Association Legal Information Brochures
When You Need a Lawyer Lawyers and Legal Fees Being a Witness ————— Rights of Landlords and Tenants Buying a Home Foreclosure Proceedings in Maryland ————— Employees' Rights in the Workplace Filing for Worker's Compensation Entering a Franchise Agreement Should I File for Bankruptcy? ————— School Law — Education Rights Juvenile Court Appointing a Guardian ————— Divorce and Separtation Divorce and Custody Mediation Domestic Violence: You Can Live Without It ————— Health Benefits: What Are Your Options? Alternatives to Nursing Home Placement Nursing Home Admission Contracts in Maryland HIV and the Law ————— Wills and Estates ————— What to Do in Case of an Auto Accident Legal Guide for Victims of Mass Disasters ————— So, You've Received a Traffic Ticket Your Legal Rights if Arrested
1. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Maryland Residents ... [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Maryland law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Maryland.

2. Low-Cost Legal Aid ... See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. Legal Aid Bureau ... “The Legal Aid Bureau has been providing free civil legal services in Maryland for low-income people, children and the elderly since 1911.”
   2. Maryland Legal Help for the Poor ... [Am. Bar Ass'n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA's Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs' web sites.
   3. Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service ... This service matches experienced lawyers with low-income individuals who need legal help on personal matters in civil cases (not criminal cases). There is no charge for legal services for individuals who meet income-eligibility requirements.
   4. Peoples Law Library of Maryland ... [Maryland Legal Assistance Network] — This is “a legal information and self-help website supported by Maryland's 28 non-profit legal services providers, in partnership with the courts, and is offered as a service to the public.” This site provides “legal and self-help information on Maryland and federal law affecting low and moderate income people and their families.” The site includes a page entitled “How to Find Help Solving Your Legal Problem in Maryland.”
   5. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help ... [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.