Maryland, Prince George's County
Where New Carrollton's records are kept. New Carrollton has its own city government and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include New Carrollton's own offices, along with State of Maryland offices; the Prince George's County offices are on our Prince George's County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Property 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 LocatorProperty records
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living or working nearby, with alerts when one moves close by; registrants report their own data, which may be out of date.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 ChecksVital records
The Census Bureau QuickFacts table for New Carrollton city, Maryland sets out population, race and Hispanic origin, owner occupied housing rate, persons per household, bachelor's degrees, median household income and land area.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
New Carrollton city government online: licenses and permits, agendas and minutes, online payments, city financial reports, concern reports, emergency alert sign up and police and animal control news. 6016 Princess Garden Parkway, 301-459-6100.
Open official site City of New CarrolltonPolice & jail
Law enforcement services 6016 Princess Garden Parkway New Carrollton, MD 20784 Phone: 301-459-0142
Open official site New Carrollton Police DepartmentCity records
City management and administrative services 6016 Princess Garden Parkway New Carrollton, MD 20784 Phone: 301-459-6100
Open official site New Carrollton AdministrationEverything else, organized
14 more New Carrollton sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
New Carrollton, a place of 13,715 people, is in Prince George's County. Court and property records sit with Prince George's County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Maryland. New Carrollton's own offices are in the cards above, and our Prince George's 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 New Carrollton.
Police reports for New Carrollton are requested from the agency that handled the case. See New Carrollton Police Department (https://www.newcarrolltonmd.gov/1188/City-of-New-Carrollton-Police-Department) for incident and accident reports and records requests.
The New Carrollton Police Department also maintains public records related to law enforcement activities and incidents.
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.
Businesses that operate in New Carrollton register with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where New Carrollton requires one, comes from the town or Prince George's County.
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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.