Estate Search - estate types

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Case types covered (traffic, criminal, civil, judgments and liens, estate, appeals)
Regular Estate (RE); Regular Estate Judicial (RJ); Small Estate (SE); Small Estate Judicial (SJ); Foreign Proceeding (FP); Motor Vehicle (MV); NonProbate (NP); Unprobated Will Only (UN); Modified Administration (MA); Guardianship Estate (GE); Limited Order (LO)

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Assets subject to administration in excess of $30,000 ($50,000 if the spouse is the sole legatee or heir) are Regular Estate; $30,000 or less ($50,000 if the spouse is the sole legatee or heir) are Small Estate. Modified Administration: final distribution within 12 months from appointment.

Coverage start year (published values by court, case type, and county - for example, District Court criminal late 1991, civil 1989, Montgomery County civil 1978)
Available for the period that each county has maintained an automated case management system; the amount of historical information may vary by county based on when the system was deployed (as published)

Published list of estate types in EstateSearch with the small-estate thresholds.

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Case types covered (traffic, criminal, civil, judgments and liens, estate, appeals): Regular Estate (RE); Regular Estate Judicial (RJ); Small Estate (SE); Small Estate Judicial (SJ); Foreign Proceeding (FP); Motor Vehicle (MV); NonProbate (NP); Unprobated Will Only (UN); Modified Administration (MA); Guardianship Estate (GE); Limited Order (LO)
detail: Assets subject to administration in excess of $30,000 ($50,000 if the spouse is the sole legatee or heir) are Regular Estate; $30,000 or less ($50,000 if the spouse is the sole legatee or heir) are Small Estate. Modified Administration: final distribution within 12 months from appointment.
Coverage start year (published values by court, case type, and county - for example, District Court criminal late 1991, civil 1989, Montgomery County civil 1978): Available for the period that each county has maintained an automated case management system; the amount of historical information may vary by county based on when the system was deployed (as published)
Result cap (published: Case Search 600 results, Estate Search 500): 500 records (published message: 'The result set exceeds the limit of 500 records. Please narrow your search.')
Name search rules (exact match by default; partial match is the first letter of the surname + %; % is not allowed at the start or inside a word; company names go in the Person Search surname field): Use a % as a wildcard at the end of a field (e.g. Smith%); searching a date range requires a last or first name (partials allowed)
Lookup fee (published: Case Search is free, Civil Judgment and Satisfaction Data is subscription-based): Viewing basic estate information and estate dockets online is free using the Estate Search page; estate records in .pdf format may be downloaded for a fee of $0.50 per page; some offices have public viewing stations where viewing is free and printing is $0.50 per page (as published)
Where and how to request copies (in person or in writing at the record-holding court; estates via the county Register of Wills): At the Register of Wills' Office in the county where the estate record is on file; requests must be made in person or in writing (as published)
Non-public and automatic suppression (automatic suppression under expungement law, HB 1336, HB 837, stet after 3 years, as published): Last Wills and Testaments filed for safekeeping by living persons are not public record; only the testator (the individual who filed the Will), or someone authorized by them in writing, may view or remove the Will from the safekeeping records (as published)
Source: Maryland Judiciary: Case Search FAQ (coverage periods, search rules, result caps, and the ban on background-check use)(retrieved 2026-10-22)

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