Recommended Sites - Legal Information
 

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Courts
   
Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County
      Provides information on local courts, including information on judges, the daily docket, jury duty, forms, and fees.
   
Maryland Courts
      Provides information on Maryland’s courts, including the Court of Appeals, Court of Special Appeals, Circuit Court, District Court, and Orphans’ Court. Also includes information on locations, judges, forms, fees, news releases, and much more.
   
U.S. Courts
      Includes links to information on the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals, U.S. District Courts, and U.S. Bankruptcy Courts.


Forms, Permits and Licenses

    Advance Directives
      A Guide to Maryland Law on Health Care Decisions – This document from the Attorney General of Maryland provides instructions and forms for creating your own living will. The PDF file is viewable using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
   
Annapolis MD Forms, Permits, & Licenses
      Provides information and forms for various licenses and permits obtained through the City of Annapolis.
   
Anne Arundel County Permit & License Information
      Provides information and forms necessary for obtaining permits in Anne Arundel County.
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Maryland Attorney General: Publications & Forms
      Provides information and forms on a variety of subjects, including filing a consumer complaint.
   
Maryland Business License Information System
      Search or browse by business to find information, forms, and online applications for business permits and licenses.
   
Maryland Online Child Support Worksheet
      Use this worksheet from the Maryland Department of Human Resources’ Child Support Enforcement Program to estimate the child support obligation that a court may order a parent to pay toward support of the child(ren) on a monthly basis.
   
Maryland Division of Occupational & Professional Licensing
      This Web site from the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation provides information licensing, fees, and exams for 21 occupations and professions.
   
Maryland Judiciary Family Law & District Court Forms
      Provides forms and information on Family Law and other issues, such as divorce, name changes, and child custody.
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Thomson Gale LegalForms
      Maryland state-specific legal forms. Includes divorce, real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, landlord tenant and others. Also included is a dictionary of legal definitions. Access to this database is available both in branches and remotely. For remote access, enter your library card number at the prompt.
   
WORLDLawDirect.com
      Commercial site with access to online legal advice, solutions to over 6000 common problems, and a free ask-an-attorney option. Includes a link to Build A Document – A collection of commonly used legal forms available to download or print for free.


Laws & Regulations – City, County, & State

   
Annapolis MD Municipal Code and Charter
      Search or browse the code for the City of Annapolis.
   
Anne Arundel County Code
      Search or browse the Anne Arundel County Code of Ordinances from the American Legal Publishing Corporation.
   
Comar - Your Guide to Maryland State Regulations
      Online version of state guide to Maryland agency regulations.
   
. Maryland Code & Maryland Rules of Procedure
      Search or browse this code and rules for Maryland.


Laws & Regulations – Federal

   
Federal Laws and Regulations
      The Reference Center of Firstgov.gov provides links to a wide range of federal legal information, including the Constitution, the Federal Register, and the U.S. Code.
   
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
      This government Web site provides information to assist with the immigration process.
   
United States Code
      Searchable database of the laws of the United States.
   
U.S. Copyright Office
      Provides general copyright information, legislation and application form.
   
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
      Provides general patent and trademark information and forms.


Lawyers

   
.Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland
      Provides a list of programs that offer free legal services.
   
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
      Martindale-Hubbell Web site offers lawyer profiles, links to law firm homepages, and consumer-oriented legal information.
   
Find Law West Legal Directory
      Search or browse by location or specialty to find lawyers in your area.


Legal Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, & Libraries

   
Avalon Project
      Documents in Law, History and Goverment - Historical documents in law, history and government  from Yale University.
   
Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County Public Law Library,
      Learn about this library’s resources and services provided.
   
Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Electronic Library
      IProvides information on American government, politics, and current affairs. Includes CQ Researcher, CQ Supreme Court, the Washington Information Directory On-line Edition and other material. For remote access use this link. Users may need to disable firewall, other security software(You can leave anitvirus software running)and enable cookies to use remotely
   
Find Law
      Commercial site with links to legal topics, laws and more.
   
Gale Virtual Reference Library
      eBook Versions of reference books in Business, History, Law, Science, etc.
Access to this database is available both in branches and remotely. For remote access, enter your library card number at the prompt.
   
Legal Information Institute/Cornell Law School
      Excellent starting point for legal information, maintained by Cornell Law School.
   
Maryland's People's Law Library
      Legal and self-help information on Maryland and federal law. Supported by Maryland's 28 non-profit legal services providers, in partnership with the courts, and offered as a service to the public.
   
Maryland General Assembly, Department of Legislative Services, Library and Information Services
      Learn about this library’s resources and services provided.
   
Maryland Judiciary Case Search
     

This website provides public access to the case records of the Maryland Judiciary. Search by name or case number.

   
Maryland State Law Library
      Legal research information for Maryland government and public.
   
Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia
      Law book publisher site with answers to legal questions.
   
Research Legal Topics from Lawyers.com
      Provides links to information on a variety of legal topics for personal and business needs.
   
Sex Offender Registry
     

Search by name or ZIP code to identify individuals who have histories of crimes against children and other sexual offenses. The public information in this registry is provided as part of the State's effort to protect children and
others and is maintained by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

   
Thurgood Marshall Law Library Resource Guides
      University of Maryland Law School site with links to information on Maryland, environmental, health, international and federal law resources.


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