Maryland procedural guides

Plain-English guides to the Maryland Rules of Civil Procedure, each one tied to the rules it relies on. Every rule named in a guide has its own page with the official text.

• Responding to a Maryland complaint: 30 days, 60 if you were served in another stateMaryland Rule 2-321 gives 30 days to answer, 60 days if you were served outside Maryland but within the United States — and a default order carries a notice with its own deadline.
• Maryland discovery deadlines: 30 days, or 15 after your pleading was due — whichever is laterMaryland gives 30 days to respond to interrogatories, document requests and requests for admission — or 15 days after the responding party's initial pleading was due, whichever is later.
• Maryland summary judgment: identify the dispute with particularity, and attach the proofMaryland Rule 2-501 requires a response to summary judgment to identify each disputed material fact with particularity and attach the record evidence — a stricter opposition standard than most states impose.
• Revising a Maryland judgment: thirty days of broad power, then only three groundsMaryland Rule 2-535(a) gives the court broad revisory power over a judgment for 30 days after entry — after that, only fraud, mistake or irregularity will reopen it.
• Maryland preliminary motions: four defenses are waived the moment you file an answerMaryland Rule 2-322 splits its defenses into mandatory and permissive — four must be raised by motion before the answer, or they are gone.
• The Maryland motion to compel: the rule tells you what the motion must containMaryland Rule 2-432 requires the motion to set out the request, the answer or objection, and the reasons — and allows immediate sanctions without any order for a total non-response.
• Maryland garnishment: you can object at any time, and $500 in the bank is exempt automaticallyMaryland Rule 2-646 lets a judgment debtor file a motion asserting a defense at any time, and Rule 2-645 exempts $500 in deposit accounts without any election.

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