Use this form if you were denied representation by the Office of the Public Defender and you do not agree with the initial determination.

FORM NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10.01.2026

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.

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Need help filling out court forms? Maryland Guide & File is a web-based tool that helps fill out court forms. To use this Maryland Guide & File interview, CLICK HERE.

FORM NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10.01.2026

Need help filling out court forms? Maryland Guide & File is a web-based tool that helps fill out court forms. To use this Maryland Guide & File interview, CLICK HERE.

Need help filling out court forms? Maryland Guide & File is a web-based tool that helps fill out court forms. To use this Maryland Guide & File interview, CLICK HERE.

Use this form to ask the court for an extreme risk protective order. Learn more.

Use this form to ask the court to grant a peace order. Learn more.

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Use this form to ask the court for a permanent protective order. 

Use this form to ask the court for a protective order. 

Use this form if you need more space to explain the facts in a protective order or peace order case. 

Use this form to petition for the refund of bond monies previously forfeited and collected as revenue for the state (less any expenses of the state in producing the defendant) if: the forfeiture was paid within the allowed timeframe of 90 (or 180) days; the surety produces evidence the defendant was incarcerated when the civil judgment was entered; OR the court strikes the judgment of forfeiture for fraud, mistake, or irregularity.

Use this form to petition the court to shield records relating to the conviction of specified crimes inaccessible by members of the public under the Maryland Second Chance Act. CLICK HERE for more information on the Shielding Criminal Records.

Use this form to change an existing peace order. Learn more.

Use this form to change an existing protective order. Learn more.

Use this form to change an existing extreme risk protective order. 

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.