Prince George’s County Warrants and Arrest Records Search

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An arrest warrant search in Prince George’s County, MD, can be accomplished through the office of the sheriff or the local judicial entities since all of these departments play crucial roles in the issue of active warrants. The police get things rolling when they submit their declaration of probable cause in court.

This acts as an invitation for the judiciary to initiate the pre-warrant hearing. The magistrate and the office of the county clerk participate in this court session. While the role of the judge is authoritative in the issue of Prince George’s County arrest warrants, the deputy from the clerk of court’s office is there to record the transcript of the trial.

If the active warrant is granted to the police, this information is stored in the court dockets database maintained by the clerk’s office. Of course, the office of the magistrate and the local law enforcement agency maintain their own repositories of arrest records and outstanding warrants.

Apart from this, information on the issue of arrest orders is also sent out to the Federal Bureau of Investigations. This is done to ensure that at any given point in time, all police officers from across the country have access to details on the issue of active warrants. So, all peace officers will run the name of offenders through this central database when making arrests.

However, civilians have no way to get their hands on this repository; this means that when you go for a warrant search, you will have to rely on the agencies mentioned below to get the inquiry underway for you.

  • The sheriff: 5303 Chrysler Way, Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772
  • The magistrate: 14735 Main St, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
  • The clerk of court: 14735 Main Street, Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772

Will state agencies provide arrest records or information on warrants issued in Prince Georges County over the phone? (Updated-2021) 

  • Recent arrests related details:301-952-4800.
  • Arrest records and incident reports: 301-780-8500.
  • Inquiries about active warrants: 301-298-4000/301-298-4200.
  • Criminal case-related questions: 301-780-8600.
  • Information on Victim/Witness assistance: 301-952-3500.
  • Questions about judicial records access: 301-952-3318.

Crime statistics of Prince George’s County

In 2019, the Prince George’s County Police Department dealt with 12,733 criminal complaints, as opposed to the 14,703 cases registered in 2018. These included 10,750 non-violent crimes and 1983 violent crimes.

The non-violent crimes category included 7,426 larceny-thefts, 1,253 burglaries, and 2,071 motor vehicle thefts. Of the violent offenses, 917 were aggravated assaults, 185 were rapes, and 831 were robberies.

Older crime statistics

With well over 30,000 crimes transpiring in Prince George County, MD, every year, this is one of the high crime localities in the state. This situation seems exceptionally bleak when seen in light of the conspicuous rise in the rates of violent and reported crime, both of which went up by nearly 100% in the last couple of years.