Hours and Closings

The Office of Administrative Hearings is open to the public between the hours of 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. For general assistance, please call (410) 229-4100.

OAH Inclement Weather Policy

OAH hearings will be postponed due to inclement weather when:

• State offices are closed in the areas where the hearings are to be held;
• the hearing involves a State agency and the State implements its liberal leave policy in the area where the hearings are to be held;
• the hearing involves a school system and that school system closes or delays the opening of schools; for example, if a school system closes schools, the OAH hearing will be postponed to another date; if a school system is opening one or two hours late, the OAH hearing will begin one or two hours later than scheduled.

Weather-related announcements concerning OAH operations will be broadcast on the following radio stations:

• WBAL AM 1090 (metropolitan Baltimore)
• WCBC RADIO 1270 (Western Maryland)
• WTOP FM 103.5 and 103.9 (metropolitan Washington, DC)
• WQHQ FM 104.7 (Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland)

You may also call the OAH at 1-800-388-8805 or 410-229-4100 and press #6

State Holidays and Service Reduction Days (SRD) for the Year 2011

OAH is closed on the following dates:

* When a State holiday occurs on a Saturday or Sunday, the holiday is observed on the Friday before or the Monday after the actual holiday, respectively.

** The New Year's Day holiday for 2011 will be observed in the 2010 calendar year because the holiday occurs on a Saturday.

*** Effective October 1, 2008, the holiday that occurs the day after Thanksgiving Day will be called American Indian Heritage Day in accordance with House Bill 83, 2008 General Assembly Session.