Some plats have been removed from the land record volumes they were originally recorded in and can now be found digitally on our Plats website. Plats are arranged by county, and the site is searchable by book/page reference as well as through a keyword search.

Each time a new page or pages are requested, Adobe Reader will begin to download the images. Some systems may be unable to handle repeated new image requests before current images are completely downloaded, and an error message will appear and the browser window will close. Waiting until a page has downloaded before selecting a new one will help avoid this problem.

Error messages may appear due to cataloging issues with individual books, during system maintenance, or because of a technical problem. If you come across an error message, please click on the "Contact Us" link at the top of the website to alert us to the issue. In order for the help desk to properly assess the situation, please provide as much information as possible including the date and time your information request failed, the specific county and book and page you were trying to view when the error message appeared, and a description of the type of error message you received.

In your print options, set your page scaling to shrink larger images or to fit images to paper. This will ensure that an entire land record page is printed on one piece of paper regardless of the size of the original image.

For additional Adobe assistance, please consult the Adobe Reader Support Center.

An issue with recieving emails can occur for multiple reasons:

• The email may have been filtered into your Trash/Spam/Junk folders.
• Delivery may be delayed due to network congestion.
• There may be a classification problem with your email address domain. Your email address or domain may have been identified as associated with malware or grayware. In this case, please contact the Archives' Help Desk for further assistance.

Access codes consist of six alphanumeric characters and are sent to you via email. The codes are one-time-use and are only valid for a few minutes once they are sent out. It is possible you may be entering an invalid or expired code on accident.

When you try to login to MDLandRec by entering your username and password, the website will prompt you for an access code. This access code is automatically sent to the email address associated with your account. If you hit the "Email New Access Code" button, MDLandRec will send you another access code email. The new access code will invalidate the previous access code. Based on when you receive the emails, it might be difficult to determine which email contains the valid access code, especially if that button is clicked multiple times. 

We recommend deleting all access code emails you have before trying to login to avoid inadvertently using an invalid access code.