Maryland procedural guides
Last verified August 17, 2026
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.
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