Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest 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 on September 23, 2026.
Baltimore County, Maryland, has about 852,000 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 Baltimore County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Baltimore County public records, Baltimore County arrest records, Baltimore County warrants, Baltimore County court records, Baltimore County DUI, Maryland arrest records and Maryland inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County
A criminal case from Baltimore County is filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County or the District Court of Maryland, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, landlord-tenant cases and civil claims up to $30,000, and the court file, kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, is the record of it that the public may see.
For Baltimore County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at mdcourts.gov/courts/courtrecords (page title: Court Records | Maryland Courts), 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
Maryland does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court file in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County is the public record.
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 Baltimore County
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Baltimore County: the Baltimore County State Police (state police); the University of Maryland in Baltimore County and Towson University (campus police); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Baltimore County arrest records.
The State's Attorney for Baltimore County
Charges in Baltimore 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 Baltimore County or the District Court of Maryland.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at baltimorecountymd.gov/departments/states-attorney (page title: State's Attorney | Baltimore County Government), phone 410-887-2222, Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Baltimore County
Registered sex offenders living in Baltimore County 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 Baltimore 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 baltimorecountymd.gov/departments/permits-approvals-and-inspections... (page title: Records Search and Requests | Baltimore County Government).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Baltimore County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Circuit Court for Baltimore 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 Baltimore County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at mdcourts.gov/courts/courtrecords (page title: Court Records | Maryland Courts). 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 Baltimore County?
The State's Attorney, reached at 410-887-2222, which files its cases in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County or the District Court of Maryland.
Is this the official Baltimore County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.