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The juvenile expungement law establishes a procedure through which a person with a juvenile record can ask a court to have the record "expunged" (removed from public view).

This article describes the options for criminal charges a victim may wish to pursue against an abuser.

This article describes Maryland's driving while impaired by alcohol laws.

This article explains the steps in the juvenile record expungement process.

Maryland law makes it a crime to fail to provide for children in your care.

This article provides an overview expungement in Maryland.

This article describes the MVA's expungement procedure.

This page is designed for neighborhood activists who are calling the Baltimore City 911 system to report a crime, especially to report drug dealing.

This article describes traffic citation procedure in Maryland.

Various organizations provide assistance for individuals seeking expungement of their criminal record.

If your DNA was taken as part of the arrest you are trying to expunge, you may wish to request your DNA record to be expunged as well.

This article discusses the minimum age to purchase tobacco products and paraphernalia in Maryland, and the legal exception to the minimum age for military personnel. The article also presents the legal definitions of tobacco product and tobacco paraphernalia.

A “pardon” is an act of the Governor in which the Governor frees someone of guilt for a criminal act and relieves the grantee from any penalties of law for those acts.

This article describes the rights of victims of crime and how victims may seek restitution and compensation.

Shielding is a process that lets you ask the court to remove certain kinds of records about certain criminal convictions from public view. Shielding these records from public view may make it easier to get a job, attend college, or get a government service of some kind. Shielding is a one-time opportunity: you can only have a shielding petition granted once in your lifetime.

Establishing paternity is the process of determining who is the legal father of a child.

Law enforcement officers are a critical link in the survival of a victim of domestic violence. All law enforcement entities in Maryland provide extensive training and guidelines on domestic violence.