When requesting a change in citation date you must present the citation notice and a Motion to Change the Citation Date. You can obtain a Motion to Change Citation Date form from the Criminal Division’s Information Office located in Room 4001 of the Moultrie Courthouse Building, 500 Indiana Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20001. Citations are heard each week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, therefore, the new date must be scheduled for one of those days. If your court date is within two weeks or less of your request the date cannot be changed.

Call the Criminal Information Center at (202) 879-1373.

In order to inquire about having your record expunged or sealed you must contact the Public Defenders Service for the District of Columbia at (800) 341-2582, in person at the following address: The Public Defenders Service, 633 3rd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, or visit: https://www.pdsdc.org. 

You need to file a motion with the judge asking for an extension. The motion can be filed in the Criminal Information Office, room 4001 of the Moultrie Courthouse.

Call the Criminal Information Center at (202) 879-1373 or visit Court Cases Online.

"To obtain a criminal history search you should go to the Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters located at the Municipal Building, 300 Indiana Avenue NW, Room 3055, Washington, DC, 20001, or call (202) 727-4357. All Court records, except expunged or sealed cases, are public records. If you are a third party requesting criminal case information search there is a $10.00 fee that must be submitted along with a written request. Government and Non-profit organizations are not required to pay a fee for criminal case history searches. "

If an arrest charge(s) is “no papered,” it means that the USAO or OAG has decided not to prosecute and the defendant is released if that defendant has no other pending matters. In C-10, each defendant whose arrest charge(s) has been “no papered” will receive an information sheet that explains “no papering” more fully.

You will sometimes hear the USAO request a 3 or 5 day hold which means that the defendant will not be released that day, but will have a hearing within 3 or 5 days time to determine whether the defendant can be released from jail.

A bench warrant is a judicial order commanding law enforcement to arrest a person and bring them before the Court.