Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Annapolis, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County, has about 41,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Maryland the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Annapolis is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
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Criminal Cases in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County
In Maryland the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Annapolis are heard by the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, which hears felonies, civil cases over $30,000, divorces, juvenile matters and appeals from the District Court; the District Court of Maryland takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, landlord-tenant cases and civil claims up to $30,000, and the file of each case is kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at aacounty.org/sao/court-case-information (page title: Court Case Information | Anne Arundel County Government), phone (410) 222-1740, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, Maryland Judiciary Case Search is the free statewide case search of every Maryland court.
The Maryland Criminal History and Your Own Copy
The statewide criminal history kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System is closed to the public in Maryland: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request to the CJIS Central Repository. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at dpscs.maryland.gov/publicservs/bgchecks.shtml.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Annapolis
The Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office, the Anne Arundel County Police Department and the agency that reports for Annapolis (filed by the FBI as Annapolis Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Annapolis: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Anne Arundel County: the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Internal Investigation Division and General Services in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County (state agency); the Anne Arundel County State Police (state police); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the two agencies in Anne Arundel County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,211 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Annapolis arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Annapolis in 2025
The agency that reports for Annapolis had 289 violent and 582 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County
Charges in Anne Arundel County are filed by the State's Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County or the District Court of Maryland.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at aacounty.org/sao (page title: Office of the State's Attorney | Anne Arundel County Government), phone (410) 222-1740, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Annapolis
Registered sex offenders living in Annapolis are listed on the Maryland Sex Offender Registry, run by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services at dpscs.maryland.gov. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Anne Arundel County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Maryland Public Information Act a county office must answer a request within 30 days, with a denial due within 10 working days, and it may charge staff time after the first two hours, plus copying. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at aacounty.org/services/issues-records-requests (page title: Issues & Records Requests | Anne Arundel County Government).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Annapolis?
The court files of criminal cases in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Maryland Public Information Act.
Can I search Annapolis criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at aacounty.org/sao/court-case-information (page title: Court Case Information | Anne Arundel County Government). Statewide, Maryland Judiciary Case Search is the free statewide case search of every Maryland court.
How do I get my own Maryland criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the CJIS Central Repository.
Who prosecutes crimes in Annapolis?
The State's Attorney, reached at (410) 222-1740, which files its cases in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County or the District Court of Maryland.
Is this the official Annapolis website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.