Data codebook

Judicial officers

API table: judicial_officers

Maryland judicial officers published by the Judiciary's official judicial directory lists.

Definitions have been recorded for some columns and not others. A column with no definition below has not been documented yet.

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Published Identity Key

API field: identity_key

Key identifying one distinct officer identity as published in the directory.

Served type
String
Nullability
Always present on a served row
Query capabilities
  • selectable

Populated on 100% of served rows (2,457 of 2,457), measured October 15, 2026 at 02:58 UTC

Officer ID

API field: officer_id

Identifier published by the source judicial directory.

Served type
String
Nullability
Always present on a served row
Query capabilities
  • selectable
  • filter: equals
  • filter: set

Populated on 100% of served rows (2,457 of 2,457), measured October 15, 2026 at 02:58 UTC

Last Name

API field: last_name

Judicial officer's last name in the official directory.

Served type
String
Nullability
Always present on a served row
Query capabilities
  • selectable
  • sortable
  • filter: equals
  • filter: set
  • filter: contains
  • filter: startsWith
  • filter: endsWith

Populated on 100% of served rows (2,457 of 2,457), measured October 15, 2026 at 02:58 UTC

First Name

API field: first_name

Judicial officer's first name in the official directory.

Served type
String
Nullability
May be null
Query capabilities
  • selectable
  • filter: contains
  • filter: startsWith
  • filter: endsWith

Populated on 100% of served rows (2,457 of 2,457), measured October 15, 2026 at 02:58 UTC

Directory Name

API field: name_raw

Complete judicial-officer name as published by the source list.

Served type
String
Nullability
Always present on a served row
Query capabilities
  • selectable
  • filter: contains
  • filter: startsWith
  • filter: endsWith

Populated on 100% of served rows (2,457 of 2,457), measured October 15, 2026 at 02:58 UTC

Department

API field: department

Court department or organizational unit published for the officer.

Served type
String
Nullability
Always present on a served row
Query capabilities
  • selectable

Populated on 100% of served rows (2,457 of 2,457), measured October 15, 2026 at 02:58 UTC

Court Kind

API field: court_kind

Normalized level or kind of Maryland court office.

Served type
String
Nullability
Always present on a served row
Query capabilities
  • selectable
  • filter: equals
  • filter: set
  • aggregate group

Populated on 100% of served rows (2,457 of 2,457), measured October 15, 2026 at 02:58 UTC

Status

API field: status

Officer status published by the judicial directory.

Served type
String
Nullability
Always present on a served row
Query capabilities
  • selectable
  • filter: equals
  • filter: set
  • aggregate group

Populated on 100% of served rows (2,457 of 2,457), measured October 15, 2026 at 02:58 UTC

Person Key

API field: person_key

Stable key shared by every officer ID that the directory links to the same person.

Served type
String
Nullability
Always present on a served row
Query capabilities
  • selectable
  • filter: equals
  • filter: set

Populated on 100% of served rows (2,457 of 2,457), measured October 15, 2026 at 02:58 UTC

Source List

API field: source_list

Judiciary directory list that supplied this row.

Served type
String
Nullability
Always present on a served row
Query capabilities
  • selectable

Populated on 100% of served rows (2,457 of 2,457), measured October 15, 2026 at 02:58 UTC

Source Revision

API field: source_revision

Revision embedded in the source directory document.

Served type
String
Nullability
May be null
Query capabilities
  • selectable

Populated on 100% of served rows (2,457 of 2,457), measured October 15, 2026 at 02:58 UTC

Judicial Officer Row ID

API field: id

CaseHarvester's own identifier for this directory row.

Served type
Integer
Nullability
Always present on a served row
Query capabilities
  • selectable
  • filter: equals
  • filter: set
  • filter: greaterThan
  • filter: greaterThanOrEqual
  • filter: lessThan
  • filter: lessThanOrEqual
  • filter: inRange

Populated on 100% of served rows (2,457 of 2,457), measured October 15, 2026 at 02:58 UTC

Generated from the current served catalog.