An increasing number of legal resources for Maryland are available on the Internet. Current Maryland statutes, regulations and cases are all available. This resource guide is designed to point you to those sources. However, it is not an exhaustive list of all resources available, and it is not meant as legal advice. The Law Library is not responsible for this information or the utilization thereof. For further assistance it would be best to consult an attorney. Statutes: To access the current Annotated Code of Maryland online you must go to the Maryland State Law Library's web site http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/ and select where it says Maryland Code in the first paragraph. You may also access the current text of the Maryland Code via the Maryland General Assembly's web site. However, this version is un-annotated with very limited and rudimentary search capabilities. The Baltimore County Code is now available online at http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/law/countycode.html Bills: The Maryland General Assembly makes bills available from 1996 to the present. Bills can be searched in a variety of ways including subject matter and bill number. Access to current session bills can be found at http://mlis.state.md.us/#bill while access to prior session bills can be found at http://mlis.state.md.us/#pryr For bills from prior session click the checked off box for the material and year you want to search. COMAR - Code of Maryland Regulations: COMAR is available online, however, "the printed version of COMAR is the official and enforceable text. Only the official text may be judicially noticed under Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, §10-203 Annotated Code of Maryland." Maryland Register: The Maryland Register is an official publication of the State of Maryland and is published every two weeks. The 6 most recent issues can be viewed online. top Governor: The Governor's site, http://www.gov.state.md.us/, shows the current level of the state's Homeland Security Alert as well as links to various gubernatorial documents: Baltimore County Executive: http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/executive/index.html
From this site you can access: top State Legislature: The main web site for the Maryland General Assembly http://www.mlis.state.md.us/ contains links to legislators, statutes, bills, and many other resources including budget information, hearing schedules, and dates of interest for the session. Baltimore County Council: http://www.baltimorecountycouncil.org/
Here you can find out everything you want to know about your local Council representative as well as your district. top Maryland Judiciary: http://www.mdcourts.gov/
This site contains a wealth of legal information including Court Opinions, case law, and legal forms. *Court Forms: Select Family Law and District Court forms are available at http://www.mdcourts.gov/courtforms/index.html Baltimore County Judiciary: http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Directory/index.html#courts
This is the main directory of County Judicial services and courts. You can connect to many legal resources including the following: - Circuit Court: The Circuit Court for Baltimore County is the trial court of general jurisdiction.
- Circuit Court Law Library: The library contains approximately 100,000 volumes of materials relating to state and federal law, with a strong emphasis on Maryland law and is open to the public.
- Civil Mediation: Circuit Court administered program to mediate disputes before they reach trial.
- Family Law: "Provides an opportunity for you to resolve your dispute as early as possible without the need of a trial."
- Law Office (County Attorney): "The County Attorney is the legal advisor to the County in all civil matters as well as in criminal matters involving forfeitures of property incident to arrest and violations of the County Code."
- State's Attorney: "The State's Attorney's Office prosecutes the Felony, Misdemeanor and Juvenile cases occurring in Baltimore County."
top State of Maryland Site: The Maryland state web site is http://www.maryland.gov/. From this site you can access internet resources for all three branches of state government as well as state agencies, local governments, and state business and education material. Maryland Manual: This continuously updated guide to the Maryland government shows the organizational structure of the state government. It also presents information about the 3 branches of state government including statistics on Maryland and the local communities. It includes biographies of Maryland officials and it publishes state history information. It's offered by the Maryland State Archives, http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/ Office of the Attorney General: http://www.oag.state.md.us/ which has some AG opinions as well as information on a number of other interesting legal topics. Maryland State Archives: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/ has links to the Maryland Manual and historical records and information which may be of interest to the legal researcher. Maryland Constitution: The full-text of the state constitution is found here. Maryland State Bar Association: http://www.msba.org/
The state's legal professional organization contains information for the general public under the "Public Resources" section. Baltimore County Bar Association: http://www.bcba.org/ The Baltimore County legal professional association includes information on their Lawyer Referral service. Women's Law Center: http://www.wlcmd.org/
This site provides some information on law and how it relates to women and families. It has a section specifically on Domestic Violence that may be helpful to non-lawyers. People's Law Library: http://www.peoples-law.info/
This site provides "legal and self-help information on Maryland and federal law affecting low and moderate income persons and their families." This is a good first stop for non-lawyers with legal questions. University of Baltimore: http://law.ubalt.edu/
Law Library: http://law.ubalt.edu/lawlib/index.html University of Maryland: http://www.law.umaryland.edu/
Thurgood Marshall Law Library: http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/ Code Lynx – Maryland Codes Administration online: http://mdcodes.umbc.edu/ “CODE LYNX contains building, fire and other codes information for the State of Maryland and includes information from those local jurisdictions that adopt and enforce these codes. There are links to related federal government agencies for the accessibility code, the energy code and the HUD Manufactured Home program.” Revised June 17, 2009 | 
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