Maryland Attorney General

DATE	DESCRIPTION
07/16/1990 File Size: 222KB	Civil – Adoptions – Clerk to report all adoption decrees to Division of Vital Records, but is not authorized or required to forward adoption decrees to another state or foreign country (adoptive parents or their attorney is to obtain an appropriately authenticated copy and take it to the foreign jurisdiction)
01/31/1994 File Size: 119KB	Civil – Adoptions – private international law only applies to the extent provided by a state or federal statute or rule
06/27/2000 File Size: 158KB	Civil – Appearance Fees – attorney's appearance not to be docketed until appearance fee paid, but papers otherwise to be accepted for filing and docketed
08/06/1996 File Size: 41KB	Civil – Certiorari – procedures for handling a petition to the circuit court for a writ of certiorari
07/18/1994 File Size: 114KB	Civil – Child Support – procedures in connection with an immediate earnings withholding order
10/22/1991 File Size: 636KB	Civil – Clerk cannot provide forms or sample pleadings (except those forms established by statute or rule), because doing so would be the unauthorized practice of law by the Clerk
06/02/1988 File Size: 371KB	Civil – Dismissal – Clerk must send all parties notice of dismissal even when entering dismissal pursuant to an earlier order deferring dismissal for a set period
02/25/1991 File Size: 190KB	Civil – Fees – appeal fees
06/30/1995 File Size: 70KB	Civil – Fees – appearance fees are to be included in costs assessed pursuant to Rule 2-603
05/20/1988 File Size: 118KB	Civil – Fees – county is exempt from paying fee for depositing funds in a quick-take condemnation proceeding
08/14/2002 File Size: 617KB	Civil – Fees – dismissal fee applicable to voluntary dismissal as to one of multiple defendants
10/13/1994 File Size: 174KB	Civil – Fees – fee should be charged on a request for a writ of possession, not on a motion for judgment awarding possession
10/31/1994 File Size: 494KB	Civil – Fees – no additional fee in the Circuit Court for filing a notice of release of a District Court lien
09/21/2004 File Size: 225KB	Civil – Fees – pleading to be accepted, filed, and date-stamped upon receipt, but not docketed until filing fee paid or ordered waived
10/13/1994 File Size: 174KB	Civil – Fees – prepayment of fees not required in a domestic violence action
02/15/1995 File Size: 177KB	Civil – Fees – procedures in connection with a request for waiver of prepayment of filing fees
11/20/1991 File Size: 177KB	Civil – Fees – request for waiver of prepayment of fees
03/26/1992 File Size: 177KB	Civil – Fees – Sheriff's fees must be made by separate check payable to sheriff, rather than commingled with payment of Clerk's fees
10/20/1994 File Size: 40KB	Civil – Fees – trust clerk's review of fiduciary account
10/13/1992 File Size: 71KB	Civil – Filing – although discovery materials are not to be filed alone, they may be filed as exhibits to motions and other papers
03/10/1992 File Size: 392KB	Civil – Filing – Clerk must accept for filing a paper that has a "certificate of service" that identifies a method of service and a date, even if it is otherwise obviously defective
06/13/1991 File Size: 100KB	Civil – Filing – combined complaint and affidavit for confessed judgment
07/05/1991 File Size: 61KB	Civil – Filing – effective 07/01/1991, notice of discovery materials to be filed, rather than discovery materials themselves
07/07/1992 File Size: 66KB	Civil – Filing – new complaint to be filed under separate case number unless filed after the court has granted a motion to intervene
06/30/1997 File Size: 175KB	Civil – Filing Papers – reasons for returning papers submitted for filing
02/18/2000 File Size: 591KB	Civil – Foreclosures – HUD Notice of Foreclosure Sale not recordable in Land Records, but rather to be filed in civil docket as a notice of lis pendens
11/05/2001 File Size: 190KB	Civil – Foreclosures – use of computer-generated Clerk's exceptions certification should be discontinued or limited
12/01/1992 File Size: 571KB	Civil – Foreign Judgments – automatic stay applies to enforcement of foreign judgments (SUPERSEDES 10/28/1988)
10/25/1990 File Size: 135KB	Civil – Foreign Judgments – certified copy of foreign judgment filed in one county may be filed in another county in lieu of the original foreign judgment
07/16/1990 File Size: 222KB	Civil – Foreign Judgments – foreign attorney may sign required affidavit and file foreign judgment, but must be admitted pro hac vice or have a Maryland attorney take over in order to take enforcement actions
07/14/1992 File Size: 86KB	Civil – Foreign Judgments – photocopy of a certified foreign judgment is acceptable for filing pursuant to Rule 1-322(b)
11/13/1998 File Size: 708KB	Civil – Foreign Judgments – registration of foreign child support or income withholding order
03/03/2006 File Size: 162KB	Civil – Foreign Judgments - Recognition of non-U.S. foreign judgement
07/31/1995 File Size: 497KB	Civil – Funds In Custodia Legis – funds in custodia legis are not subject to IRS attachment and may only be disbursed by Clerk pursuant to a court order in accordance with Rule 16-303
09/20/1995 File Size: 126KB	Civil – Funds In Custodia Legis – certain funds are deemed abandoned 5 years after deposit in court
12/10/2001 File Size: 345KB	Civil – Garnishments – requirements for valid writs of garnishment
12/13/1989 File Size: 508KB	Civil – Judgments – attorneys fees to be included in amount of confessed judgment if included in affidavit in support of confessed judgment
03/10/1992 File Size: 50KB	Civil – Judgments – date of entry of judgment is the date it is entered on docket, rather than date signed by judge or stamped as received by clerk
04/30/2003 File Size: 305KB	Civil – Judgments – entry of judgment under Rule 2-601
06/14/1994 File Size: 230KB	Civil – Judgments – lienholder not entitled to entry of a judgment pursuant to statutory provision authorizing private sale of personal property subject to lien
06/19/1997 File Size: 143KB	Civil – Judgments – procedures and forms for entering a judgment on a separate document as required by Rule 2-601
06/30/1997 File Size: 216KB	Civil – Judgments – procedures for indicating date of entry when providing a certified or authenticated copy of a judgment
10/25/1990 File Size: 135KB	Civil – Judgments – renewal of judgment usually must have a certificate of service for the Clerk to accept it for filing
11/13/1998 File Size: 708KB	Civil – Judgments – unless a party or attorney in the case, a person may not obtain a copy of any judgment until the time for appeal expires or, if an appeal is noted, the appeal is dismissed or adjudicated
07/19/1994 File Size: 187KB	Civil – Judicial Review of Agency Action – costs, including filing fees, cannot be assessed against an unsuccessful unemployment benefits claimant
05/05/1998 File Size: 252KB	Civil – Judicial Review of Agency Action – proper procedures for notifying agency of filing of petition for judicial review
10/05/1995 File Size: 273KB	Civil – Judicial Review of Agency Action – Clerk's duties
01/13/1995 File Size: 64KB	Civil – Judicial Review of Agency Action – record of agency proceeding does not have to be returned to agency if agency has notified the Clerk in writing that the record provided is a copy and does not need to be returned
03/23/1999 File Size: 172KB	Civil – Liens – a notice of child support lien from another state must be sent to the central Child Support Enforcement Administration, which will then provide the lien to the applicable office(s) on Maryland's standard form in accordance with Maryland's standard procedures
04/05/1989 File Size: 53KB	Civil – Liens – civil department should notify land records department whenever a notice of foreclosure is filed with respect to an indemnity deed of trust (IDOT)
08/14/2002 File Size: 617KB	Civil – Liens – lien cannot attach to funds in custodia legis, and Clerk may disburse funds in custodia legis only in accordance with Rule 16-303
05/15/2000 File Size: 155KB	Civil – Liens – name of defendant must be properly indexed for judgment lien to provide effective constructive notice
08/26/1987 File Size: 312KB	Civil – Liens – out-of-state hospital may file hospital lien in the hospital lien docket
10/05/2000 File Size: 1,150KB	Civil – Liens – procedures upon satisfaction, modification, or vacation of judgment lien in accordance with Rules 2-622 & 2-623
11/13/2001 File Size: 177KB	Civil – Liens – Rule 2-632(b) 10-day automatic stay does not apply to notices of child support liens filed as civil judgments in accordance with Fam. Law §§10-141 & 10-143
11/13/1998 File Size: 708KB	Civil – Name Change – form of notice to be issued by Clerk for publication in newspaper
08/14/1987 File Size: 366KB	Civil – Name Change – review of applicable law
07/26/1996 File Size: 132KB	Civil – notices generally should be sent to the assistant attorney general of record, not to the Attorney General
07/29/2003 File Size: 61KB	Civil – Paternity – copy of final judgment order sent to Office of Vital Records, but parties responsible for payment of $12 fee to obtain a revised birth certificate
06/14/1994 File Size: 230KB	Civil – Paternity – form for reporting adjudication of paternity to Division of Vital Records
05/01/1996 File Size: 167KB	Civil – Paternity – reporting adjudication of paternity to Division of Vital Records
08/20/1998 File Size: 54KB	Civil – Subpoenas – only a party or an attorney for a party may request a subpoena
01/03/1992 File Size: 187KB	Civil – Subpoenas – subpoena from another state
11/13/1998 File Size: 708KB	Civil – Subpoenas – subpoena should only be used to compel production of documents in direct connection with a court proceeding or deposition