Fayette County, Pennsylvania Public Records

Investigations closed

214

Back wages agreed

$1,030,570

Workers due back wages

1,719

Civil money penalties

$152,406

Employers on the record

182

The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 182 on the Fayette County record; 41 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 157 more with smaller records are on the Pennsylvania wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.

Finding Fayette County courthouse and historical records

Take civil judgments and divorces to the Prothonotary

Fayette County divides court records among offices in the Uniontown courthouse. The Prothonotary handles civil filings, including divorce cases, judgments and liens, and provides access to unsealed records. Current filings are scanned for courthouse search terminals and remote account access, while older indexes have also been scanned. Begin with the parties and the approximate filing period, then request the particular order or pleading needed. A docket result may identify a divorce case without providing the certified decree required for another transaction. The office closes at midday, so a visit should account for its noon to 1 p.m. break and the Prothonotary's published access arrangements.

Use the criminal clerk for the court outcome

The Clerk of Courts maintains the criminal side of the Court of Common Pleas, including filed motions, orders, sentencing material and appeal-related papers. That makes the clerk the relevant office for a documented case disposition, while the arresting agency remains the place to identify an incident report. Give the court case number when known and name the document that will answer the question. Juvenile matters and information involving child victims are subject to access restrictions; an ordinary public search should not be treated as permission to obtain those materials. Ask about the applicable access procedure through the Fayette criminal-records clerk.

Move from the land index to the instrument

The Recorder's current search guidance describes most documents from 1950 forward as available through a free index, with charges to view document images. Historical index books have a separate Archive Viewer; its deed and mortgage indexes cover 1950 to 1974, and plan indexes extend from 1791 to 1988. An index entry supplies the reference needed to retrieve the recorded instrument through the document service. Keep the grantor, grantee, instrument type and book/page notation together, particularly when common surnames recur. A street address alone may not identify the desired legal record. Start with the Recorder's online-search instructions and linked systems.

Separate recording, parcel and copy charges

A deed submitted for recording has a listed base fee of $83.25, with a $20 UPI charge per applicable parcel identification number and other additions where required. Ordinary additional pages beyond four cost $2 each under the stated schedule; document classes with different footnotes need their own calculation. Buying an existing document is a different transaction: the Recorder lists counter copies at fifty cents per page and mailed copies at $1 per page. Ask the office to quote a certified copy as a complete product rather than treating the certification line as a universal total. Check the instrument and delivery method against the Recorder's current fee schedule.

Use Fayette assessment staff for local valuation questions

Fayette's Tax Assessment office is at 2 West Main Street, Suite 212, Uniontown, PA 15401, telephone 724-430-1350. It works with local authorities, collectors and property owners on setting values. An assessment question about a Fayette parcel belongs with that office; an Allegheny appeals directory entry concerns a different county. Carry the parcel identifier and tax year when seeking the relevant valuation record through the Fayette Tax Assessment office.

Choose the marriage copy or historical vital search

For an existing Fayette marriage record, the Clerk of Orphans' Court lists a certified copy at $10. A dual-citizenship request costs $25 and includes a copy of the original application, so state that purpose when asking for the expanded record. Applying for a new marriage license is a separate appointment service with its own charge. For a family-history search, write down the names as recorded, the event date and any earlier surname before contacting the office. Those details help distinguish a marriage-copy order from an estate inquiry or a historical birth-and-death search handled by the same office. Review the marriage record-copy instructions.

Locate the correct era of birth and death records

The county Register holds birth and death registers for 1893 to 1905 and charges a nonrefundable $5 search fee. That local historical search is not the charge for a modern Pennsylvania certified certificate. Requests should identify the event and approximate year and include contact details so the office can resolve an uncertain match. Later birth and death certificates belong with the Pennsylvania Department of Health. When the objective is genealogy, establish whether a register entry or a state certified certificate is required before paying for a search. The county explains the date division and local search procedure in its birth and death records guidance.

Ask about courthouse records outside the active file

The Record Archivist assists with noncurrent records from the Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, Register of Wills, Sheriff and Treasurer. The county archive is not a single online collection of all courthouse images, and the archivist directs questions to the responsible offices when appropriate. Identify the creating office and record series, then supply the date span, parties and any index reference already located. A probate estate, an old civil action and a tax record can concern the same person but have different filing arrangements. Explain whether the purpose is to inspect a historical file or obtain an official copy through the Fayette County archival service.

Send an administrative request to the designated officer

Fayette's formal Right-to-Know policy requires a written request on the county or state form directed to its Open Records Officer. It allows delivery by email, mail, fax or in person. The county has five business days for its initial response and may give written notice invoking a thirty-day extension for a permitted reason. These are response rules, not a promise of immediate delivery of every record. Describe existing records, dates and the relevant department, and retain the submitted request and response together. The policy also permits discretionary fee reduction or waiver, as explained in the county Right-to-Know request policy.