Maryland, Allegany County
Where Cumberland's records are kept. Cumberland has its own city government, police department, fire department and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Cumberland's own offices, along with State of Maryland offices; the Allegany County offices are on our Allegany 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living or working nearby, with alerts when one moves close by; registrants report their own data, which may be out of date.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 ChecksProperty records
Make online payments, pay for parking or a ticket, report an issue, apply for grant programs, look up tax information, forms and agendas, or browse surplus property. Cumberland city offices: 57 N. Liberty Street.
Open official site City of CumberlandPolice & jail
Community policing and criminal investigation services 20 Bedford Street Cumberland, Maryland Phone: 301-777-1600
Open official site City of Cumberland Police DepartmentProperty records
Fire prevention and emergency services Station 1 20 Bedford Street Cumberland, Maryland Phone: 301-759-6485
Open official site City of Cumberland Fire DepartmentProperty records
Enforcement of building laws and codes 20 Bedford Street Room 343 Public Safety Building Cumberland, MD 21502
Open official site City of Cumberland Planning DepartmentEverything else, organized
13 more Cumberland sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
Cumberland, a place of 19,076 people, is the seat of Allegany County. Court and property records sit with Allegany County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Maryland. Cumberland's own offices are in the cards above, and our Allegany 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 Cumberland.
Deeds for property in Cumberland are recorded by the Allegany County Clerk of the Circuit Court, and the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation keeps the tax values. Our Allegany 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.