Pennsylvania, Berks County
Where Reading's records are kept. Reading has its own city government and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Reading's own offices, along with State of Pennsylvania offices; the Berks County offices are on our Berks County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Pennsylvania State Police online criminal record check. Results are printed by the requester, not mailed; card payments carry a 2% fee since April 22, 2026, and notarized copies must be requested by mail.
Open official site Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History (PATCH)State records
Archive run by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission that keeps the permanent public records of the Commonwealth, chiefly state government records, plus papers of private citizens and groups tied to Pennsylvania history.
Open official site Pennsylvania State ArchivesCounty court
Philadelphia and Reading offices handle bankruptcy cases for eastern Pennsylvania; judges calendars, opinions, forms and local rules are posted, with links to the Chapter 13 trustee case status system and PACER.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of PennsylvaniaVital records
Health Department's Bureau of Health Statistics and Registries holds Pennsylvania birth, death and fetal death records from 1906 on. Order birth certificates online or at public offices; they meet REAL ID rules.
Open official site Pennsylvania Department of Health Vital RecordsPolice & jail
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections search for people in state prisons or under department supervision, by name, inmate or parole number, gender, committing county or current location.
Open official site Pennsylvania DOC Inmate LocatorPolice & jail
The PSP Criminal Investigation Assessment Unit runs Pennsylvania AMBER Alerts for child abductions and issues Missing Endangered Person Advisory (MEPA) messages, both posted on the PSP X account.
Open official site Pennsylvania State Police AMBER Alert and MEPAPolice & jail
Current Pennsylvania State Police flyer of its ten most wanted fugitives, with photos, descriptions, last known addresses and the crimes each is wanted for. Tips go to PSP Tips at 1-800-472-8477.
Open official site Pennsylvania State Police Ten Most WantedPolice & jail
PSP public site on registered sexual offenders in Pennsylvania, searchable by county, municipality, ZIP code, mile radius or name, with lists of noncompliant, transient and sexually violent offenders.
Open official site Pennsylvania State Police Megan's Law WebsiteFederal
The Census Bureau QuickFacts table for Reading city, Pennsylvania sets out population, race and Hispanic origin, owner occupied housing rate, persons per household, bachelor's degrees, median household income and land area.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
City of Reading at 815 Washington St, with city officials and departments from building, trades and codes to zoning and planning, property code enforcement, bidding and business resources.
Open official site City of ReadingPolice & jail
Police services information 815 Washington St Reading, Pennsylvania 19601 (610)655-6241
Open official site City of Reading Police DepartmentState records
Education and school information 800 Washington Street Reading, Pennsylvania 19601 610-371-5612
Open official site City of Reading School DistrictEverything else, organized
11 more Reading sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Reading, a place of 95,112 people, is the seat of Berks County. Court and property records sit with Berks County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Pennsylvania. Reading's own offices are in the cards above, and our Berks County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 6 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 6 of them worked out or abandoned. The minerals the records name are Iron; Dolomite; Beryllium.
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.
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.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Pennsylvania is run by the Pennsylvania Department of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Reading.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Pennsylvania come from the state vital records office, Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Reading register with the Pennsylvania Department of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Reading requires one, comes from the town or Berks County.
Same county
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.