Maryland Eviction Case Records Since 2023

Maryland District Court eviction case data collected statewide under a 2022 law. The court began mandatory data collection on January 1, 2023, and a public dashboard launched in May 2023. The dataset includes case details and warrants of restitution.

Use Cases

• Analyze eviction case filing trends over time using the case date field.
• Correlate warrants of restitution with specific case types or jurisdictions.
• Map eviction case density and outcomes across Maryland counties.
• Assess the impact of the 2022 reporting law on eviction case volume and processing.

Strengths

• Data collection is mandated by a 2022 Maryland state law, ensuring ongoing updates.
• Provides statewide coverage of eviction cases from the Maryland District Court.
• Public dashboard launched in May 2023 facilitates initial data exploration.

Limitations

• Data entry lag may cause undercounting, as noted in the source description.
• Data does not match manually collected monthly totals from other court reports.
• Specific column names, row counts, and data schema are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

District Court of Maryland, as required by state law.

Collection Method

Collected via data entry into the court's case management system.

Time Range

Collection began January 1, 2023; ongoing.

Freshness

Data is updated regularly, with a last updated date of March 8, 2026.

Geography

State of Maryland.