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- Online Court Records HubReturn to the nationwide PRC court-records portal and browse all state pages.
- Pennsylvania Public Records HubMain Pennsylvania landing page with statewide record topics and related resources.
- Pennsylvania Criminal RecordsCriminal-history resources and related law-enforcement links for Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania BankruptcyFederal bankruptcy court resources and filing-related links for Pennsylvania.
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Official Pennsylvania Court Resources
Use these statewide and official court resources for case information, court structure, forms, clerk access, or public search tools.
- Pennsylvania State Court Structure:Official or statewide court resource.
- Penn. Supreme CourtAbout the court. Supreme court opinions. Docket sheets
- Penn. Superior CourtCivil cases that are appealed from the Courts of Common Pleas in the Commonwealth's 67 counties
- Commonwealth CourtPennsylvania's two statewide intermediate appellate courts. Matters involving state and local government and regulatory agencies
- Pennsylvania Common Pleas CourtAll Divisions and Departments of the county court of common pleas
- Minor or Special CourtsFirst level of Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System
Pennsylvania Court Directory & Local Resources
Legacy directory content has been retained inside the updated layout so county-level links, clerk references, and older court research notes remain available in one place.
Pennsylvania State Court Records Search Suggestions
As there may be more one source to obtaining Pennsylvania criminal, civil and divorce records, it is important to search multiple state courts to find the correct records.
Pennsylvania State Court Structure:
The Pennsylvania supreme court has mandatory jurisdiction in civil, capital criminal, criminal, administrative agency, juvenile, disciplinary, original proceeding, and interlocutory decision cases. The supreme court has discretionary jurisdiction in civil, non capital criminal, administrative agency, juvenile, original proceeding, and interlocutory decision cases. The Pennsylvania commonwealth court has mandatory jurisdiction in various civil, non capital criminal, administrative agency, original proceeding, and interlocutory decision cases involving the commonwealth. The commonwealth court has discretionary jurisdiction in various civil, administrative agency, original proceeding, and interlocutory decision cases involving the commonwealth. The Pennsylvania superior court has mandatory jurisdiction in civil, non capital criminal, juvenile, original proceeding, and interlocutory decision cases. The superior court has discretionary jurisdiction in civil, non-capital criminal, juvenile, original proceeding, interlocutory decision cases. The Pennsylvania court of common pleas has jurisdiction over tort, contract, real property rights, and miscellaneous civil cases. The court of common pleas has jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and civil appeals, domestic relations, misdemeanor, and DWI or DUI cases. The court of common pleas has exclusive felony, criminal appeals, miscellaneous and criminal jurisdiction. The court of common pleas has exclusive juvenile jurisdiction. The Pennsylvania court of common please presides over jury trials in most cases. The Pennsylvania municipal court has jurisdiction over real property rights from $0 to $10,000, and miscellaneous civil cases. The Pennsylvania municipal court has exclusive small claims jurisdiction, for cases valued up to $10,000. The municipal court hears felony, misdemeanor, DWI/DUI, and domestic violence cases. The municipal court hears ordinance violations. The municipal court handles preliminary hearings. The municipal court does not hear jury trials. The Pennsylvania district justice court has jurisdiction over tort, contract, real property rights from $0 to $8,000, felony, misdemeanor, DWI/DUI, and traffic or other violation cases. The district justice court handles preliminary hearings but no jury trials. The Pennsylvania traffic court has jurisdiction over moving traffic, parking, and miscellaneous traffic cases. The Pittsburgh city magistrates has jurisdiction over real property rights, misdemeanor, DWI or DUI cases. The city magistrates also have jurisdiction over Traffic or other violation. The city magistrates handles preliminary hearings, but no jury trials.Court of Common Pleas: Tort, contract, real property rights, miscellaneous civil. Estate, mental health, civil appeals jurisdiction. Domestic relations. Misdemeanor, DWI/DUI. Exclusive felony, criminal appeals, miscellaneous criminal jurisdiction. Exclusive juvenile jurisdiction. Jury trials in most cases.
Municipal Court: Real property rights ($0/$10,000), miscellaneous civil. Exclusive small claims jurisdiction ($10,000). Felony, misdemeanor, DWI/DUI, domestic violence. Ordinance violation. Preliminary hearings. No jury trials.
District Justice Court: Tort, contract, real property rights ($0/$8,000). Felony, misdemeanor, DWI/DUI. Traffic/other violation. Preliminary hearings. No jury trials.
Traffic Court: Moving traffic, parking, miscellaneous traffic.
Pittsburgh City Magistrates: Real property rights. Misdemeanor, DWI or DUI. Traffic/other violation. Preliminary hearings. No jury trials.
Directory of Links and Resources to Access County, State or Federal Court Records Online
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Pennsylvania Criminal Court Records Felony, misdemeanors and traffic violations. |
Pennsylvania District Court Records Filings in my District courthouses. |
Civil, family law cases and divorces, personal injury cases, lawsuits, estate planning and probate matters.
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Most criminal cases are started when a prosecutor, either a district attorney (who represents a county) or the attorney general (who represents the state), files a complaint with the court.
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County courts, clerks offic contact info. Web site links to Judicial Districts of Pennsylvania. Information concerning court structure, case scheduling, local rules and juror services. Continuously updated. Calendars. Motions, self representation, documents and forms.
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Research Notes
- Search more than one court level.Trial courts, appellate courts, bankruptcy courts, and specialty courts may each hold different parts of a case trail.
- Use the clerk for official copies.Certified documents and official record copies should come directly from the responsible court or clerk office.
- Online access varies by county and court type.Some courts provide full searchable dockets, while others provide only calendars, indexes, or request instructions.
- Cross-check related record categories.Criminal records, judgments and liens, bankruptcy filings, inmate searches, and public-record hubs often help complete a statewide research path.
Related Pennsylvania Court Topics
Continue into related Pennsylvania specialty pages and supporting court-research topics.
- Pennsylvania Criminal RecordsCriminal-history resources, law-enforcement links, and related court research.
- Pennsylvania BankruptcyBankruptcy court links, forms, and related filing resources.
- Pennsylvania Judgments & LiensJudgment and lien research links connected to court and records searches.
- Pennsylvania ExpungementsRecord-clearance and expungement guidance where available.
- Pennsylvania Inmate SearchCorrectional and inmate-lookup resources related to court and custody research.