Request For Spoken Language Interpreter

Use this form to apply for a Public Defender to represent you in a criminal or traffic case that carries a penalty of incarceration, and you cannot afford an attorney.

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This form must accompany the DC-099 - Application for Representation by OPD, which gives the Office of the District Court Commissioner access to review certain confidential information (including benefits information and wages earned) in determine if you are eligible for representation by the Office of the Public Defender.

Use this form to request revision or creation of District Court, Circuit Court, and joint judiciary forms. NOTE: Include any mark-ups and supporting documentation, with your request to: formssubcommittee@mdcourts.gov

Americans with Disabilities Act Grievance Form

Use this form to ask the court to give an order that the court or another party to the case do something. You must file your written motion with the court.  You must also serve a copy to the other parties in the case by first class mail or hand delivery.

Note: This was previously a joint form, CC-DC-070, and is now District Court only. Please use CC-023 in the circuit court.

Use this form to request continuing/ postponing your court proceeding, including an explanation of the circumstances and any supporting documentation.

Use this form to file a motion to seal court records relating to a petition for emergency evaluation if the individual was a minor at the time the petition was made or sought.

Use this form if you are an attorney entering your appearance to represent the defendant/plaintiff/other party in a court case.

Use this form to give notice to a party of a case who is receiving health care (patient) that their medical records have been subpoenaed in reference to a District Court case pursuant to § 4-306 of the Health-General Article.

Use this form to petition to have an individual (evaluee) who presents a danger to the life or safety of themselves or others taken to an emergency room by law enforcement for the purpose of examination to determine if they meet the criteria to be admitted to a psychiatric facility.

Use this form to request the court to allow inspection of a case record filed in that action that is not otherwise subject to inspection under the Rules or other applicable law and you are: (1) a party to the action, (2) a person permitted to intervene as a party, or (3) a person subject of or specifically identified in the case.

Use this form to request the court seal or otherwise limit inspection of a case record, or parts of records, that are not otherwise shielded from inspection under the Rules or other applicable law and you are: (1) a party to the action, (2) a person permitted to intervene as a party, or (3) a person subject of or specifically identified in the case.

Americans with Disabilities Act Grievance Form

Use this form to request to request copies of District Court civil or criminal case records stored at the Maryland State Archives.

Use this form to request appraisal of your vehicle which was seized during a criminal action.

Use this form if the court has ordered you to pay some or all of the costs at the end of your case and you cannot afford to pay. Learn more.