Pennsylvania Criminal Court Records

Use the court that could have filed the matter as the search starting point. This keeps similar party names from being mixed across jurisdictions. In UJS Case Search, use Docket Number when known. Otherwise choose Participant Name, enter last and first name and select the filing county; add a known birth date to distinguish common names. Use the appropriate criminal Docket Type and check whether the result belongs to a Magisterial District, criminal Common Pleas or Philadelphia Municipal court; an appellate case uses Appellate or Docket Number. Do not combine a lower-court preliminary docket with the later trial-court result.

Open the matching docket sheet and read the charge entries alongside their dispositions and later events. A charge is an allegation, not a judgment of guilt. Save the court, docket number and retrieval date; confirm a recent or unclear outcome with the filing court because new entries may not yet appear online.