Expungement Petition - Maryland

IMPORTANT: THIS IS A PREPARATION GUIDE — NOT THE OFFICIAL COURT FORM

Maryland requires the use of official court forms for expungement petitions:
CC-DC-CR-072A (acquittal/dismissal/nolle prosequi/stet/PBJ), CC-DC-CR-072B (guilty
disposition), and CC-DC-CR-072C (qualifying favorable disposition when less than three years have passed). This
template provides the substantive legal content to help you prepare — but you must transfer
your content to the official form before filing. The official forms are available at
https://www.mdcourts.gov/legalhelp/expungement.
Do not file this document directly with the court.

Future-effective change: 2026 Md. Laws ch. 465 takes effect October 1, 2026 and
adds specified “no finding” and “terminated without finding” dispositions to § 10-110.
For filings on or after that date, use the revised Judiciary form and re-check the effective text.

PETITION FOR EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS

(Maryland Criminal Procedure Article, Title 10)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Document Header
2. Definitions
3. Eligibility and Filing Worksheet
4. Eligibility Checklist
5. Verification
6. Filing Copies and Service Routing
7. Proposed Order Worksheet
8. Execution Block

1. DOCUMENT HEADER

PETITION FOR EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS
Effective Date: [DATE OF FILING]

Recitals

A. Petitioner was charged in the above-captioned matter as detailed herein.
B. Dispositions satisfy Maryland statutory eligibility criteria for expungement.
C. All applicable timing requirements are satisfied through elapsed time, a permitted General Waiver and Release, or a supported good-cause request.
D. Petitioner seeks expungement from public inspection of the covered police and court records.

2. DEFINITIONS

For purposes of this Petition, the following capitalized terms have the meanings set forth below.

“Charge” means each count, citation, or other accusatory instrument arising from the Incident.
“Eligible Charge” means a Charge that is statutorily eligible for expungement in Maryland.
“Expungement” means removal from public inspection by one of the methods stated in Crim. Proc. § 10-101(f); it does not necessarily mean physical destruction.
“Incident” means the arrest or citation occurring on [ARREST/CITATION DATE] that led to the Charges referenced herein.
“Waiting Period” means the statutorily mandated time between final disposition and eligibility for Expungement.

3. ELIGIBILITY AND FILING WORKSHEET

3.1 Correct Official Form. Petitioner will use:

☐ CC-DC-CR-072A — acquittal/not guilty, dismissal, PBJ, nolle prosequi, stet, specified not-criminally-responsible finding, compromise, or transfer to juvenile disposition.

☐ CC-DC-CR-072B — eligible guilty disposition, including a pardon, qualifying nuisance conviction, conduct no longer criminal, or an offense listed in § 10-110.

☐ CC-DC-CR-072C — acquittal/not guilty, dismissal, or qualifying nolle prosequi when less than three years have passed and the required General Waiver and Release is included.

3.2 Request for Relief. Petitioner requests expungement of the police records, court records, and other covered State or local records authorized by Crim. Proc. Title 10, Subtitle 1.

3.3 Statutory Eligibility. Petitioner states, under oath:

• Charge No. [001] — Offense: [OFFENSE NAME]; Disposition: [ACQUITTAL/DISMISSAL/NOLLE/PBJ/CONVICTION/PARDON/OTHER] on [DISPOSITION DATE].
• [REPEAT AS NECESSARY]
• Each target charge satisfies a statutory basis for expungement.
• All applicable timing requirements are satisfied.
• Petitioner is not a defendant in a pending criminal proceeding.

3.4 Unit Rule. Except for charges excluded from a unit by § 10-107, every charge or conviction in the unit is eligible for expungement. Any minor traffic charge or cannabis-possession charge excluded by § 10-107 is identified separately: [DETAILS].

3.5 Sentence and Restitution. For a guilty disposition, the completion date under § 10-101(c) is [DATE], after expiration of incarceration, probation, parole, and mandatory supervision. Restitution status is [PAID / INABILITY TO PAY DOCUMENTED / OTHER], addressed separately because restitution is a court consideration rather than part of the statutory definition of sentence completion.

3.6 Filing Fee. ☐ No fee applies to the favorable/PBJ/stet/NCR route. ☐ The current $30 guilty-disposition filing fee is included. ☐ A current fee-waiver request is attached.

4. ELIGIBILITY CHECKLIST

4.1 Disposition Route

☐ § 10-105(a) disposition identified precisely: [SUBSECTION AND FACTS].

☐ § 10-110(a) conviction appears on the current enumerated list: [SUBSECTION AND OFFENSE].

☐ Automatic expungement under § 10-105.1 applies because every charge in the case has a qualifying favorable disposition and the case is not within the statute's excluded transportation category.

4.2 Timing

☐ Acquittal/not guilty, dismissal, or qualifying nolle prosequi: three years elapsed, General Waiver and Release included, or good cause separately requested under § 10-105(c)(9).

☐ PBJ or treatment-conditioned stet/nolle: the route-specific completion and waiting rules in § 10-105(c)(2)–(3) are satisfied.

☐ Eligible conviction: the applicable five-, seven-, ten-, or fifteen-year period in § 10-110(c) has elapsed after completion of sentence.

☐ Other § 10-105 route: the specific timing provision in § 10-105(c) is satisfied.

4.3 Current Eligibility

☐ Petitioner is not a defendant in a pending criminal proceeding.

☐ Any new conviction during a § 10-110 waiting period is itself eligible for expungement.

☐ The record does not involve a PBJ disqualifier or subsequent-conviction bar stated in § 10-105(e)(4).

☐ Victim notice is expected for a § 10-110 petition; a timely victim or State's Attorney objection requires a hearing.

4.4 October 1, 2026 Transition

☐ Filing occurs before October 1, 2026, so Chapter 465's “no finding” provisions are not yet operative.

☐ Filing occurs on or after October 1, 2026; current § 10-110 and the revised Judiciary form have been re-checked before use.

5. VERIFICATION

I, [PETITIONER NAME], solemnly affirm under the penalties of perjury that the contents of the official Petition are true to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief.

6. FILING COPIES AND SERVICE ROUTING

I provided the clerk with enough copies of the official petition and attachments for service on the State's Attorney and each law-enforcement agency named in the petition, as required by Md. Rule 4-504(c). The identified custodians are:

• State's Attorney for [CITY/COUNTY]
• [ARRESTING LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCY]
• [OTHER IDENTIFIED CUSTODIAN]

_________________________________
[ATTORNEY NAME], Esq.
Counsel for Petitioner

7. PROPOSED ORDER WORKSHEET

ORDER OF EXPUNGEMENT

Upon consideration of the Petition for Expungement of Criminal Records filed by [PETITIONER NAME], any response by the State’s Attorney, and the entire record, it is this ___ day of __________, 20__, by the [District/Circuit] Court for [County], Maryland,

ORDERED, that the Petition is GRANTED; and it is further

ORDERED, that the police records and court records pertaining to the charge or conviction identified in the Petition be expunged from public inspection in accordance with Crim. Proc. §§ 10-101 and 10-105 or § 10-110, as applicable; and it is further

ORDERED, unless this Order is stayed pending appeal, that each custodian subject to the Order advise the Court and Petitioner in writing of compliance within 60 days; and it is further

ORDERED, that the Clerk distribute the Order as required by the current Maryland Rules and custodian list.

_________________________________
Judge of the [District/Circuit] Court
[PRINTED NAME]

8. EXECUTION BLOCK

Submitted by:

_________________________________
[ATTORNEY NAME], Esq. (Bar No. ________)
[LAW FIRM NAME]
[ADDRESS]
[PHONE] | [EMAIL]
Attorney for Petitioner

Date: __________________

OFFICIAL SOURCES

• Md. Code Ann., Crim. Proc. § 10-101: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcp&section=10-101
• Md. Code Ann., Crim. Proc. § 10-105: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcp&section=10-105
• Md. Code Ann., Crim. Proc. § 10-105.1: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcp&section=10-105.1
• Md. Code Ann., Crim. Proc. § 10-107: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcp&section=10-107
• Md. Code Ann., Crim. Proc. §§ 10-108–10-109: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcp&section=10-109
• Md. Code Ann., Crim. Proc. § 10-110: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcp&section=10-110
• Maryland Judiciary adult expungement guidance and current forms: https://www.mdcourts.gov/legalhelp/expungement
• 2026 Md. Laws ch. 465 (effective October 1, 2026): https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/chapters_noln/Ch_465_sb0320T.pdf