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Civil Division - Forms and Orders

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General Civil Division Forms

  Title
pdf file 28KB Answer of Defendant
pdf file 68KB Disbursements from the Registry of the Court
pdf file 70KB Exhibit Summary
pdf file 114KB Fieri Facias
pdf file 36KB Motion (Pro Se)
pdf file 26KB Order
pdf file 86KB Request to File Foreign Judgment

Civil Actions Forms

  Title
pdf file 21KB Action Involving Real Property (Pursuant to Administrative Order No. 02-11, Real Property Tax Reorganization Act of 2000)
pdf file 66KB Affidavit in Compliance with Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940
With Amendments Renamed the Service Members Civil Relief Act (2003)
pdf file 70KB Affidavit in Support of Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis
pdf file 27KB Affidavit of Service by Process Server
pdf file 13KB Affidavit Supportive of Petition (Father)
pdf file 13KB Affidavit Supportive of Petition (Mother)
pdf file 60KB Application for Change of Name
pdf file 394KB Application for Entry of Judgment and Notice to Defendant
pdf file 404KB Application for Termination of Stay and Notice to Defendant
pdf file 273KB Civil Financial Transaction Sheet
pdf file 20KB Clerk's Order of Publication Pursuant to §47-1375
pdf file 25KB Complaint
pdf file 152KB Information Sheet
pdf file 20KB Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis
pdf file 35KB Notice and Acknowledgment for Service by Mail
pdf file 25KB Order for Change of Name
pdf file 20KB Order of Publication - Change of Name
pdf file 19KB Petition to Amend Birth Certificate (for minors only)
pdf file 252KB Praecipe
pdf file 31KB Praecipe Requesting Scheduling Order
pdf file 2.8MB Subpoena in a Civil Case (3 identical copies required)
pdf file 32KB Summons*
pdf file 73KB Writ of Attachment other than Wages, Salary and Commissions

Civil Division Orders

  Title
pdf file 10KB Proposed Order to Continue Scheduled Mediation Date

Landlord and Tenant Forms

  Title
pdf file 131KB Addendum To L&T Forms 4(a) & 4(b)
pdf file 161KB Consent Judgment Praecipe
pdf file 151KB Consent Settlment Agreement

Small Claims Forms

  Title
pdf file 66KB Affidavit in Compliance with Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940
With Amendments Renamed the Service Members Civil Relief Act (2003)
pdf file 70KB Affidavit in Support of Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis
pdf file 27KB Affidavit of Service by Process Server
pdf file 80KB Affidavit of Service on a Corporation
pdf file 76KB Alias Notice of Statement of Claim
pdf file 57KB Application for Allowance of Appeal from the Small Claims and Conciliation Branch
pdf file 35KB Application for Approval of Special Process Server
pdf file 117KB Motion for Exemption
pdf file 20KB Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis
pdf file 134KB Notice to Debtor of Non-Wage Garnishment and Exemptions
pdf file 252KB Praecipe
pdf file 66KB Small Claims and Conciliation Branch Motion
pdf file 27KB Small Claims Counterclaim
pdf file 78KB Small Claims Information Sheet
pdf file 133KB Small Claims Writ of Attachment on Other than Wages, Salary or Commission
pdf file 465KB Statement of Claim
pdf file 78KB Subpoena for Cases in Small Claims Court
pdf file 113KB Writ of Attachment on a Judgment

*An original summons (front & back page), and two copies are needed for each defendant who is to be served. The original and the two copies are to be presented at the time the complaint is filed or when an alias summons is being issued.

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