Maryland, Montgomery County
Where Takoma Park's records are kept. Takoma Park has its own parks department, police department, clerk's office and fire department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Takoma Park's own offices, along with State of Maryland offices; the Montgomery County offices are on our Montgomery County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State 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living or working nearby, with alerts when one moves close by; registrants report their own data, which may be out of date.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
Takoma Park city offices at 7500 Maple Avenue, open weekdays 8:30 am to 5 pm, offer a resident portal, service requests, city payments, public meetings, a staff directory and police, library and public works pages.
Open official site City of Takoma ParkPolice & jail
Crime prevention services and sex offender registry 7500 Maple Avenue Takoma Park, MD 20912 Phone: 301-270-1100
Open official site Takoma Park Police DepartmentCity records
Takoma Park City Clerk, the office that keeps county filings and public records, with the copies and searches it publishes.
Open official site Takoma Park City ClerkCity records
Fire department information and services 7221 Carroll Ave Takoma Park, MD Phone: (240) 773-4702
Open official site Takoma Park Volunteer Fire DepartmentEverything else, organized
10 more Takoma Park sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Takoma Park, a place of 17,629 people, is in Montgomery County, whose county seat is Rockville. Court and property records sit with Montgomery County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Maryland. Takoma Park's own offices are in the cards above, and our Montgomery County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 10 investigations with a Takoma Park address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $138,889 in back wages agreed for 198 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe's Drywall & Framing, Inc. | 1 | $84,618 | 128 |
| OMV Medical, Inc. | 3 | $44,310 | 52 |
| Velco Contractors Inc | 1 | $4,281 | 4 |
| Centronia Inc | 1 | $4,094 | 11 |
| Sister 2 Sister Magazine Inc | 1 | $906 | 2 |
| The Wackenhut Corporation | 2 | $680 | 1 |
| Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Takoma Park, by back wages agreed; 3 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Maryland wage theft records page ranks the whole 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 Takoma Park.
Deeds for property in Takoma Park are recorded by the Montgomery County Clerk of the Circuit Court, and the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation keeps the tax values. Our Montgomery 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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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.