Maryland, Prince Georges County
Where Bowie's records are kept. Bowie has its own city government, police department and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Bowie's own offices, along with State of Maryland offices; the Prince Georges County offices are on our Prince Georges County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The City of Bowie, Maryland site, with City Hall at 15901 Fred Robinson Way, city news, upcoming events, newsletters, a featured video, Green Bowie and police department links.
Open official site City of BowiePolice & jail
The Bowie Police Department, a law enforcement agency within Prince George's County, offers online police reports for incidents like fraud, theft and vandalism, crash report copies, speed camera news and press releases.
Open official site Bowie Police DepartmentCity records
Bowie Maryland Public Information Act requests go to the City Clerk at City Hall, 15901 Fred Robinson Way, with police documents sent to the Bowie Police Department; the city has 30 days to comply.
Open official site Bowie Maryland Public Information Act RequestCity records
Bowie Public Works engineering review and permitting, Room 118 at 2614 Kenhill Dr, covers work in public rights of way, water and sewer connections, stormwater management and sediment control at construction sites.
Open official site Bowie Engineering Review and PermittingProperty records
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedPolice & 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 LocatorProperty records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorProperty records
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteProperty records
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseProperty 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 SearchEverything else, organized
Secondary links stay collapsed until they are needed, keeping the page useful without turning it into an endless wall of cards.
Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
Bowie, a place of 58,329 people, is in Prince Georges County, whose county seat is Upper Marlboro. Court and property records sit with Prince Georges County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Maryland. Bowie's own offices are in the cards above, and our Prince Georges County page lists each county office.
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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 registration where Maryland offers it, polling places and the local election office for Bowie.
Deeds for property in Bowie are recorded by the Prince Georges County Clerk of the Circuit Court, and the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation keeps the tax values. Our Prince Georges 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.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.