You may file a Maryland Public Information Act (PIA) request with MCCR by mail or email:
S. Spencer Dove, Special Assistant to the Executive Director
Maryland Commission on Civil Rights
6 Saint Paul Street, Suite 900
Baltimore, Maryland 21202-1631
To ensure that your PIA request is quickly idenfitied for processing, please include the term "PIA request" in either the subject line or within the body of your request. For copies of investigative records, please also include a charge number (EEOC/HUD/MCCR) and a copy of a court accepted bill of complaint filed with a court of jurisdiction.
This bill of complaint is necessary to satisfy MCCR's confidentiality clause contained in State Government Article, §20-1101, Annotated Code of Maryland. This law requires that the contents of an investigative file (and even the existence of a complaint of unlawful discrimination) must be protected from public disclosure "...until the matter reaches the stage of public hearings". The only exception to this is if both the Complainant and Respondent agree in writing to the Commission to the disclosure of information contained in the investigative file.
Fees are 25 cents per copied page plus postage (if mailed). Invoices will be mailed and must be paid in full before the file will be released to the requesting party.
