Maryland, Anne Arundel County
Where Annapolis's records are kept. Annapolis has its own city government, clerk's office and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Annapolis's own offices, along with State of Maryland offices; the Anne Arundel County offices are on our Anne Arundel County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Federal
U.S. Census Bureau fact table for Annapolis city, Maryland: 40,634 people estimated for July 2025 and 40,812 counted in 2020, plus figures on households, home values, income, schooling and employers.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsState records
Starting point for research at the Maryland State Archives, with guides to adoption, birth, census, church and marriage records and holdings of modern court records such as divorce decrees and criminal records.
Open official site Maryland State Archives Get StartedCounty court
Federal bankruptcy court whose Baltimore and Greenbelt divisions serve Maryland; it publishes a public calendar, opinions and an unclaimed funds search, and case records are on PACER.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, District of MarylandCounty court
Maryland Judiciary public search of District Court and Circuit Court case records; names must match exactly unless a % wildcard follows the first letters of the last name.
Open official site Maryland Judiciary Case SearchVital records
Maryland Department of Health office that issues vital records only once entitlement is verified; it explains how to request certificates, corrections and genealogical information and warns about phone and phishing scams.
Open official site Maryland Division of Vital RecordsPolice & jail
DPSCS lookup of the housing location of people committed to the Commissioner of Correction in Division of Correction facilities and Patuxent Institution; anyone released or escaped is not listed.
Open official site Maryland Incarcerated Individual LocatorPolice & jail
Maryland Department of State Police page for its Center for Missing and Unidentified Persons, linking the list of missing people reported to the state clearinghouse; there is no waiting period to report someone missing.
Open official site Maryland Center for Missing and Unidentified PersonsPolice & jail
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services search of registered sex offenders living or working nearby, with alerts when one moves close by; registrants report their own data, which may be out of date.
Open official site Maryland Sex Offender RegistryProperty records
Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository background checks from fingerprints taken at authorized sites; fees are paid by card or check, and copies of FBI records must be requested from the FBI.
Open official site Maryland CJIS Background ChecksCity records
Annapolis city government with permits and licenses, City Council, online payments, parking, bus routes, daily police reports, crime tips and the recreation and parks program guide.
Open official site City of AnnapolisCity records
City Hall office at 160 Duke of Gloucester Street handling city elections, campaign fund reports, ward maps, clerk forms and the active alcoholic beverage license list, phone 410-263-7942.
Open official site Annapolis Office of the City ClerkPolice & jail
City of Annapolis Police, with the incident reports, record requests and contacts the department publishes.
Open official site City of Annapolis PoliceEverything else, organized
9 more Annapolis sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Annapolis, a place of 40,812 people, is the seat of Anne Arundel County. Court and property records sit with Anne Arundel County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Maryland. Annapolis's own offices are in the cards above, and our Anne Arundel County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 64 investigations with a Annapolis address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $1,163,870 in back wages agreed for 1,266 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medassurant, Inc. | 2 | $726,948 | 863 |
| Gold Hat II, Inc | 1 | $102,384 | 97 |
| Next Day Pets, LLC | 1 | $71,595 | 37 |
| Osteria 177, LLC | 1 | $55,480 | 5 |
| Gold Hat Inc. | 1 | $42,887 | 41 |
| Frank Joseph & Sons, Inc. | 1 | $39,625 | 1 |
| YAMA Japanese Restraurant Corp. | 1 | $36,211 | 11 |
| Wall Works USA Inc | 1 | $26,865 | 8 |
| Loving Heart Assisted Living, LLC. | 2 | $13,158 | 17 |
| Greater Annapolis Medical Group | 1 | $13,100 | 21 |
| Gibraltar Construction Co Inc | 4 | $12,821 | 32 |
| Riverbay Roadhouse, Inc. | 1 | $9,731 | 10 |
| Bay Shore Marine Engine Services, Inc. | 1 | $5,902 | 11 |
| IAP World Wide Services, Inc. | 1 | $3,639 | 68 |
| Always Available Security, LLC | 1 | $2,801 | 7 |
| Annapolis Yacht Sales | 1 | $2,752 | 1 |
| TGC-Annapolis, LLC | 1 | $2,395 | 1 |
| Inivalon Incorporated | 1 | $2,348 | 1 |
| Language Doctors, Inc. | 1 | $1,722 | 10 |
| Jack R. Lichtenstein MD. LLC. | 1 | $1,496 | 9 |
| A & B Yachtsmen, Inc | 1 | $978 | 8 |
| RGII Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $650 | 1 |
| Sadaco-Annapolic LLC | 1 | $270 | 1 |
| Edgewater Tire Center, Inc. | 1 | $269 | 2 |
| Rest Assure Sleep Centers INC | 1 | $161 | 3 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 56 whose address on the record is in Annapolis; 18 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 31 more with smaller records are on the Maryland wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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Voter registration in Maryland is run by the Maryland State Board of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Annapolis.
Deeds for property in Annapolis are recorded by the Anne Arundel County Clerk of the Circuit Court, and the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation keeps the tax values. Our Anne Arundel County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Maryland come from the state vital records office, Maryland Division of Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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