Why We Built This Site
Pennsylvania gives the public access to many court records, but Montgomery County does not use one all-purpose records counter. Civil Court of Common Pleas records, divorce files, judgments, liens, and PFA matters route to the Prothonotary. Criminal Court of Common Pleas records route to the Clerk of Courts. Probate, estates, marriage licenses, and Orphans' Court dockets route to the Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans' Court. Traffic, summary, landlord-tenant, and preliminary criminal matters often begin in Magisterial District Courts.
What You Will Find Here
- Records pages by type: court records, criminal court records, arrest records and charges, inmate records, warrant records, and marriage and divorce
- Office contacts: direct references for the Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, Orphans' Court, and Court of Common Pleas
- Search walkthroughs: routes for UJS Case Search, PAePay, county docket searches, marriage license search, and probate public access
- Public records help: practical distinctions between Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law, judiciary public access, and office-specific copy requests
What We Cannot Do
This is a privately run reference site. It has no connection to any Pennsylvania court, Montgomery County office, sheriff's office, jail, or state agency. There are real limits to what a private reference site can do:
- We cannot file pleadings, petitions, or records requests for anyone
- We cannot issue certified copies of court, marriage, divorce, probate, or jail records
- We cannot give legal advice or interpret a specific case for a specific person
- We cannot guarantee that every address, fee, phone number, or office procedure is current at the moment you read it
Only the issuing court or government office can provide a certified copy with an official seal. A reference page cannot replace the official record custodian.
Search Partners
Some pages include search boxes powered by third-party providers. Those providers run their own services, pricing, data policies, and result systems. When a visitor uses one of those tools and it leads to a paid signup, this site may earn a referral fee. The official Montgomery County and Pennsylvania links in the content remain separate from those sponsored search tools.