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Washington County Clerk Office

The Clerk's Office for the Circuit Court for Washington County is the local records office for Circuit Court filings and several non-case record series. The office is at 24 Summit Avenue, Hagerstown, MD 21740. The main phone number is 301-733-8660, and posted public hours are 8:30 AM-4:30 PM Monday through Friday except legal holidays. The clerk page lists a protected Maryland Courts email address, while the clerk profile identifies Kevin R. Tucker as the current Clerk of the Circuit Court.

Kevin R. Tucker was appointed Acting Clerk on July 1, 2018, then elected clerk in November 2018 and November 2022. The clerk profile notes prior service as Deputy Clerk, Civil Supervisor, and Chief Deputy Clerk. For judicial records request contact purposes, the research identifies Kevin Tucker, Clerk, Washington County Circuit Court, 24 Summit Avenue, Hagerstown, MD 21740, phone 301-790-4972, and email kevin.tucker@mdcourts.gov.

Washington County Clerk Phone Routing

The clerk's general information page gives phone routing that helps users avoid the wrong counter. General questions start with the main number, while licensing, civil, criminal, land records, and jury questions have separate menu options or extensions. District Court matters are not routed through the elected Circuit Court clerk because the District Court of Maryland maintains its own Hagerstown office.

Washington County Clerk Records

The clerk's records page is broad. It lists felony and certain misdemeanor charges filed by the grand jury or the State's Attorney, liens and judgments with dates that vary by record, land records from 1776 through the current date, plat records from 1776 through the current date, chancery records from 1815 through the current date, corporation records from 1803 through 1991, financing statements through July 1, 1995, Test Book records from 1815 through the current date, marriage licenses from 1799 through the current date, civil marriages from 1799 through the current date, and jury selection managed by the clerk.

Military discharges require special care. Washington County records include military discharges from 1919 through the current date, but the clerk records page states they are available to the public only in certain circumstances. That means a discharge recorded for safekeeping should not be treated like a fully public land record or public civil docket entry. Business-license records also have a limit because older business-license records were destroyed, and current local business-license history covers only the last three to four years.

• Circuit Court case records: felony, certain misdemeanor, civil, family, divorce, liens, judgments, and jury-trial matters.
• Land and plat records: searchable through the Maryland Land Records portal tied to the clerk's records page.
• Marriage records: Washington County licenses and civil marriages, including copy requests by mail or in person.
• Historical records: chancery, Test Book, corporation, land, plat, and older marriage record series.
• Restricted safekeeping records: military discharges with public availability limited by law or policy.

Washington County Clerk Online Search

Several online channels connect to records maintained or supported by the clerk. Public court case summaries are searched through Maryland Judiciary Case Search. That portal can show Circuit Court and District Court case information, but it is not the full official file. Land and plat images route through Maryland Land Records, which is the Maryland Archives and Judiciary online land-records imaging application linked from the clerk's records page.

Marriage copies, certified court copies, divorce decrees, and older file documents may require a clerk request even if a docket or index appears online. The Maryland Judiciary's court-record guidance also distinguishes public online summaries from official court records kept by the courthouse or clerk. For administrative judicial records, the Maryland Courts navigation includes a Judicial Records Requests path. For sheriff incident or agency records, use the sheriff's public-information process instead of the Circuit Court clerk.

Request Washington County Certified Copies

A certified copy proves that the document is a true copy from the official court record. Washington County users often need certified copies for divorce decrees, judgments, name-change orders, marriage records, or filings used with another agency. The first step is to identify the record type because marriage copies, Circuit Court civil copies, criminal case copies, and land records may have different counters or fee calculations.

1. Identify the record type, such as marriage record, divorce decree, civil judgment, criminal order, land record, or historical record.
2. Search Case Search or Maryland Land Records when an online index can provide a case number, book/page, instrument number, party name, or filing date.
3. Contact the correct clerk division by phone route or visit the clerk counter at 24 Summit Avenue.
4. Give party names, case number if known, document title, filing date or date range, copy type, and the number of copies needed.
5. Confirm the current per-page, certification, exemplification, mailing, and payment rules before mailing money or visiting near closing time.

Washington County Copy Request Fields

There is no single form for every clerk record in the research file, so the fields below combine the clerk's marriage-copy form inventory with common certified-copy information needed at a Circuit Court counter. Providing more identifiers reduces search time and lowers the risk of paying for the wrong document.

Washington County Clerk Fees

The research confirmed several local clerk fees and a payment note. Marriage records have posted copy amounts. Divorce decrees and other Circuit Court certified copies use the per-page copy fee plus certification or exemplification fees, but the exact current per-page amount was not located on the local clerk page during the research pass. The clerk's payment notice also states that starting August 11, 2025, credit card payments are not accepted after 4:00 PM, cash and check may still be accepted for certain transactions after 4:00 PM, and credit cards are not accepted for bonds.

Clerk Boundaries in Washington County

The Clerk of the Circuit Court is not the custodian for every record a court user may need. District Court traffic, landlord-tenant, small civil, replevin, misdemeanor, and certain lower-court criminal records are handled through the District Court of Maryland for Washington County at 36 W. Antietam Street. Estate records are handled through the Register of Wills and Orphans' Court at 100 W. Washington Street. Sheriff incident, booking, and agency records use the sheriff's Public Information Act page or NextRequest portal.

This boundary prevents misdirected requests. A divorce decree belongs with the Circuit Court clerk. A current estate claim belongs with the Register of Wills. A traffic ticket copy may route through the District Court Traffic Processing Center or District Court, not the Circuit Court clerk. A jail booking agency record belongs with the Sheriff's Office. The clerk can often point a caller in the right direction, but choosing the right custodian first saves time.

Historic records can require the same care. A chancery file about land ownership, an 1800s corporation entry, a plat, and a marriage license may all be tied to the clerk's records inventory, but each record series has its own index path and copy process. When a record is older than modern electronic case data, the useful starting facts are names, date range, record type, and any book, page, liber, folio, or case number already known.