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Find the right office in Northampton County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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Vital records
Records of Marriages and Divorces in Northampton County, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
Open official site Records of Marriages and Divorces in Northampton CountyPolice & jail
Northampton County Sheriffs Sale of Foreclosed Properties, the elected county law enforcement office, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
Open official site Northampton County Sheriffs Sale of Foreclosed PropertiesVital records
Northampton County Birth Records, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
Open official site Northampton County Birth RecordsCity records
Lehigh Valley International Airport, run by the Lehigh Northampton Airport Authority, lists its airlines, its arrivals, its departures and its parking.
Open official site Lehigh Valley International AirportFederal
United States Census Bureau figures for Northampton County, Pennsylvania, with population, housing, income and business counts from the latest estimates.
Open official site Northampton County U.S. CensusPolice & jail
Northampton County Victim Assistance Programs: Assistance for victims of crime in the court process.
Open official site Northampton County Victim Assistance ProgramsPolice & jail
Pennsylvania State Police Troop M Headquarters, with the incident reports, record requests and contacts the department publishes for Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
Open official site Pennsylvania State Police Troop M HeadquartersVital records
Northampton County Death Certificates, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
Open official site Northampton County Death CertificatesCity records
Northampton County Department of Community and Economic Development offers business resources, grant programs and economic development help for county businesses and communities. Phone (610) 829-6310.
Open official site Northampton County Department of Community and Economic DevelopmentCourt records
The Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County, with the court location, contacts and the case records this office keeps.
Open official site The Court of Common Pleas of Northampton CountyPolice & jail
Northampton County Adult Probation, with the adult and juvenile supervision information the department publishes for the county.
Open official site Northampton County Adult ProbationEverything else, organized
30 more Northampton County sources not listed above.
Local record guide
County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Northampton County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Northampton County, particularly in unincorporated areas. Notable divisions within the office include the K-9 unit and the fugitive apprehension team, which focus on specialized law enforcement tasks.
Police Departments. Northampton County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Northampton County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments such as the Easton Police Department, Bethlehem Police Department, and Nazareth Police Department.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Northampton County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at Northampton County Government Center at 669 Washington Street, Easton, PA 18042, is responsible for courthouse security, serving civil process and executing bench warrants. Northampton County lists a separate Department of Corrections with a Director of Corrections and prison warden. Northampton County Prison, located at 40 South 10th Street in Easton, houses inmates for Northampton County and provides an online inmate locator through Northampton County's official website at www.northamptoncounty.org, where the public can search current inmates by name or booking number. Arrest records in Northampton County are considered public information under Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law, 65 P.S. § 67.101 et seq, though certain exemptions apply for ongoing investigations and juvenile records.
Criminal Records. For an authoritative source, see Northampton County Criminal Court Division .
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 129 mine sites inside the county: 110 past producers, now closed, 4 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 11 sites producing when the record was made, 4 processing plants, which are not workings; the old survey maps add 141 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Iron; Slate, Dimension; Limestone, General.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. DEP has an address lookup for mine subsidence risk at gis.dep.pa.gov/msiRisk where you enter a street address: if the site falls in a gray Underground Mining Area it is over or near a known mined area. The PHUMMIS inventory of historic underground mine maps sits at www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/Phummis and is linked from the DEP Act 54 maps page.
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
Pennsylvania abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Know before you ask
Each figure below was read on the official source linked beside it, October to November 2026. A fee or rule the source does not state is left out rather than guessed, and offices can change their schedules, so confirm on the source before you pay or travel.
The county holdings instructions state that microfilm remains at the originating courthouse office, while the Archives holds original books, paper records and selected computer indexes. Landex access is available at both the Archives and Recorder. A collection's existence in county custody does not establish that its reader or original volume is at the same building. Give the office the record series and format when arranging an inspection.
The Archives request guidance lists no charge for in-person research, $5 per name for mailed or emailed searches and $0.50 per copied page. Its continuance docket books cover 1753 through 1979. The Archives cannot issue certified copies and may decline photocopying when the document's condition makes it unsafe. Obtain a file reference during research, then ask the originating office about authentication if a receiving institution needs it. A handwritten transcription can preserve research notes without becoming a certified reproduction.
For civil research, the Archives describes continuance docket books as another way to locate a file reference when the ejectment or miscellaneous indexes do not supply one. Start with the approximate filing year and compare the recorded parties across the index and docket. Retain the docket reference even if the underlying papers need a separate retrieval request; a book entry and the complete litigation file are different records.
The Recorder description identifies volume and page as the instrument reference and separates recorded documents from county assessment data. Follow that reference through deeds, mortgages and later releases. Assessment information can help identify a parcel and current account, but the recorded instrument supplies its own legal description and transaction language. A historic house investigation may need both collections rather than assume that the assessment record reproduces the entire ownership chain.
The Prothonotary directory includes divorce, custody, foreclosure, judgments, mechanics liens and civil appeals among its filing categories. Its electronic-filing route is a submission service, not evidence that every document can be inspected anonymously online. Identify the category and docket number before requesting the pleading or order. Court transcripts have a separate production route, so distinguish a transcript from a filed motion, judgment or docket entry.
The Court Services directory separates the Criminal Division, Prothonotary, Archives and Wills and Orphans Court. A probate file or marriage license should not be requested as if it were a civil Prothonotary case. Preserve the issuing division in research notes so similarly named index entries are not merged. The Pennsylvania records guide adds statewide docket and criminal-report routes beyond the local office collections.
Where to go
Each office below was read on its own site. A field the office does not publish is left out rather than filled in from a directory.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 221 investigations in Northampton County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $2,827,476 in back wages agreed for 16,795 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 176 on the Northampton County record; 49 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 151 more with smaller records are on the Pennsylvania wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
Open only the answer you need.
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Northampton County Sheriff's Department or a city police department in Northampton County. Ask that agency for its record.
The Pennsylvania criminal history record comes from the Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History (PATCH). Run a name based PATCH check online at epatch.pa.gov or send a mail in PATCH request. Fee: $22.00 for each PATCH check; online card payments add a 2% fee.
Search the Pennsylvania State Police Megan's Law Website, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county voter registration office (county board of elections) or through the Pennsylvania Department of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. You must register at least 15 days before the election.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Northampton County are kept by the Northampton County recorder of deeds. Property values are set by the county assessment office, and tax bills come from the local elected tax collector; county treasurer in some counties. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Pennsylvania come from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records. The Department of Health runs six Vital Records public offices across the state for in person requests. Online through VitalChek at mycertificates.health.pa.gov, the state's only authorized vendor, by mail to Division of Vital Records, Birth Certificate Processing Unit, PO Box 1528, New Castle, PA 16103, or in person at a Vital Records public office. Fee: $20 for each birth certificate; online orders add a $10 processing fee.
Business entity filings are searched with the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations. There is no general business license that all Pennsylvania businesses must obtain; licensing depends on the business activity and location, and owners contact their locality about local business licenses.
The holdings notice says microfilm remains at the originating courthouse office.
The Archives guidance says it cannot; ask the originating office about certification.
The guidance lists $5 per name search and separate copy charges.
The Archives guidance identifies continuance docket books when the usual indexes do not supply it.
The Recorder description uses volume and page references.
The Prothonotary directory identifies a filing service; ask the custodian about access to the particular document.
The directory identifies Wills and Orphans Court.
The jail directory identifies a Director of Corrections and warden.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.