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Constitution of Maryland

The supreme law of Maryland, alongside the U.S. Constitution.

Amendments
2008

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Constitution of Maryland

Constitution of Maryland

American state constitution

The current Constitution of the State of Maryland, which was ratified by the people of the state on September 18, 1867, forms the basic law for the U.S. state of Maryland. It replaced the short-lived Maryland Constitution of 1864 and is the fourth constitution under which the state has been governed. It was last amended in 2024.

At approximately 47,000 words (including annotations), the Maryland Constitution is much longer than the average length of a state constitution in the United States, which is about 26,000 words (the United States Constitution is about 8,700 words long).

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Indexed on June 27, 2026

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