The Maryland State Criminal Charge Code is available
in text format for use by other agencies and the public for
integrating the data into software applications. For users that would like to view the Charging Language in a more
user friendly format, please view the Charging
Language pdf.
This database and the commissioners manuals are updated every
October 1st to reflect the new laws that were passed by the legislature.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOWNLOADING THE CRIMINAL CHARGE CODE DATABASE:
There are two file formats for the charging
language database. These files are in "zip"
format. Click on the file format desired to download it
| XML Format
(zip file) |
This file contains the charging
language in XML format. Traffic charges are also
included as a separate XML file. More information is
available in the readme.html file included in the zip file. |
| Legacy
Format (zip file) |
This file contains the
cjiscode.txt file, a format used by some users for loading
charges into their applications. Details on the format
are described in the readme.txt file included in the zip
file. Traffic charges are not available in this format. |
