Overview of the Courts of Common Pleas
Pennsylvania's trial courts are the Courts of Common Pleas (CCPs), which are divided into 60 judicial districts. CCPs hear major civil and criminal cases. as well as appeals from minor courts.
In most cases, the judicial district has the same boundaries as the county in which it is located, but sometimes two counties with smaller populations are combined into a single judicial district. Judicial districts are numbered, but most people refer to them by the county name rather than the number.
No central location for online CCP civil dockets exists. Many courts maintain their own online dockets, and some of these dockets in turn link to case documents (such as filings and orders); other courts do not provide any case documents online. Some counties do not have their civil dockets available online to the public at all. Several counties use the INFOCON subscriber service($25.00 set up fee; $1.10/minute access rate; $25.00/month minimum fee) to provide online access. Bloomberg Law (a subscription database; rates vary) also has some county civil dockets and documents.
The CCP civil court dockets and documents are overseen by prothonotaries. Each Pennsylvania county has a prothonotary, which is an elected civil clerk. The Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System lists the county prothonotaries here. The county prothonotary's office is the best place to contact for additional information on how to obtain CCP civil dockets and case documents.
For county criminal dockets, see the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas - Criminal Dockets tab.
Adams (51st Judicial District)
The Adams County Court of Common Pleas civil dockets are not available online.
Coverage: Not applicable
Document availability: No
Bloomberg Law: No
Allegheny (5th Judicial District)
The Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas civil and family court dockets are availablehere. Searches require knowing the case's ID number.
Coverage: Online civil and family court dockets extend back to 2002.
Document availability: Yes; access is free.
Bloomberg Law: Civil dockets available from 2014 to the present, with select coverage back to 2002.
Armstrong (33rd Judicial District)
Beaver (36th Judicial District)
Bedford (57th Judicial District)
Berks (23rd Judicial District)
The Berks County Court of Common Pleas civil and family court dockets are available here.
Coverage:Online dockets extend back to 1994.
Document availability: No
Bloomberg Law: Civil and family court dockets available from 2008 to the present, with select coverage extending back to the early 2000s.
Blair (24th Judicial District)
Bradford (42nd Judicial District)
The BradfordCounty Court of Common Pleas civilcourt dockets are availablehere.
Coverage: Online civil dockets extend back to the mid-1980s, with select earlier cases.
Document availability: The civil dockets link to case documentsstarting in the 1990s, with additional earlier legacy documents available; there is a $0.25/page fee for retrieving documents, which can be paid a la carte.
Bloomberg Law: No
Bucks (7th Judicial District)
The Bucks County Court of Common Pleas civil and family court dockets are availablehere.
Coverage: Online civil dockets extend back to the 1950s.
Document availability: The civil dockets link to case documentsstarting in the mid-2000s; there is a $0.10/page fee for retrieving documents, which can be paid a la carte.
Bloomberg Law: Civil dockets available from 2019 to the present, with select coverage extending back to the 1980s.
Butler (50th Judicial District)
Cambria (47th Judicial District)
Cameron (59th Judicial District)
The CameronCounty Court of Common Pleas civil dockets are not available online.
Coverage: Not applicable
Document availability: No
Bloomberg Law: No
Carbon (56th Judicial District)
The CarbonCounty Court of Common Pleas civil court dockets are available through the county's docket database. Database access is via subscription for $300.00/year. Information on registering for an account is availablehere.
Coverage: Online civil dockets extend back to 1984.
Document availability: The online civil dockets link to case documentsstarting in 2000.
Bloomberg Law: No
Centre (49th Judicial District)
The Centre County Court of Common Pleas civil court dockets are not available online for free. Centre County's civil dockets are available viathe WEBIA subscription database; information on WEBIA accessand pricing is available here.
Coverage: Online civil dockets extend back to the 1960s. Dockets from 1993 forward are searchable; older dockets were written in books that were scanned into WEBIA and only can be browsed, not searched.
Document availability: Yes
Bloomberg Law: Civil dockets available from 2013 to the present.
Chester (15th Judicial District)
The ChesterCounty Court of Common Pleas civil court dockets are availablehere. Access is free at public libraries in the Chester County Library Systems; otherwise, a ChescoPINsubscription is required to view the dockets. ChescoPIN has a $50.00 one-time application fee and charges$10/month (for up to 100 transactions)and $0.10/transaction above the 100 transactions. Subscribers are charged only for months in which they have activity.
Coverage: Information not available
Document availability: No
Bloomberg Law: No
Clarion (18th Judicial District)
Clearfield (46th Judicial District)
The Clearfield County Court of Common Pleas civilcourt dockets are availablehere.
Coverage: Online civil and family dockets extend back to the early 2000s, with select earlier cases.
Document availability: Yes, starting in late 2021.
Bloomberg Law: No
Clinton (25th Judicial District)
Columbia (26th Judicial District)
The Columbia County Court of Common Pleas civil dockets are not available online.
Coverage: Not applicable
Document availability: Columbia County Court of Common Pleas civil opinions from 2000 forward are available here.
Bloomberg Law: No
Crawford (30th Judicial District)
The Crawford County Court of Common Pleas civil court dockets are availablehere.
Coverage:Online civil dockets extend back to 1999, with information on older cases that were active in about 2000 or after.
Document availability: No
Bloomberg Law: No
Cumberland (9th Judicial District)
The Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas civil and family court dockets are availablehere.
Coverage: Online civil dockets extend back to 1994. Family law cases after June 21, 2010 are excluded from the online dockets.
Document availability: The civil dockets link to case documentsstarting in 2015; there is a $0.08/page fee for retrieving documents, which can be paid a la carte.
Bloomberg Law: No
Dauphin (12th Judicial District)
The Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas provides civil and family court disposition information here. Historical information is available here.
Coverage: Information extends back to November 1, 2001, with limited information available on suits filed earlier.
Document availability: Yes, starting in late 2022.
Bloomberg Law: Civil dockets available from 2008 to the present, with select coverage back to the late-1980s.
Delaware (32nd Judicial District)
The Delaware County Court of Common Pleas civil and family court dockets are available here. If you know a party name but not the case number, search for the case using Party Search, then enter the case number found there in the Docket Entry Search.
Coverage:Online civil and family entries extend back to 1986, but docket information prior to 2010 is minimal.
Document availability: Yes, starting around 2013.
Bloomberg Law: Civil dockets available from 2008 to the present, with select coverage extending back to the 1980s.
Elk (59th Judicial District)
The ElkCounty Court of Common Pleas civil court dockets are availablehere.
Coverage: Most online civil docket typesextend back to 1998. Divorce dockets extend back to the 1960s.
Document availability:No
Bloomberg Law: No
Erie (6th Judicial District)
Fayette (14th Judicial District)
Forest (37th Judicial District)
Franklin (39th Judicial District)
Fulton (39th Judicial District)
Greene (13th Judicial District)
The GreeneCounty Court of Common Pleas civil court dockets are availablehere.
Coverage:Online civil dockets extend back to 1996.
Document availability:The civil dockets sometimes link to case documents, starting around 2005; access is free.
Bloomberg Law: No
Huntingdon (20th Judicial District)
Indiana (40th Judicial District)
The Indiana County Court of Common Pleas civil court dockets are available through the county's docket database. Database access is via subscription for $25.00/month, with a minimum subscription length of three months. Information on registering for an account is available here.
Coverage: Online civil dockets extend back to the mid-1980s.
Document availability: Yes
Bloomberg Law: No
Jefferson (54th Judicial District)
Juniata (41st Judicial District)
The Juniata County Court of Common Pleas civil dockets are not available online.
Coverage: Not applicable
Document availability: No
Bloomberg Law: No
Lackawanna (45th Judicial District)
The LackawannaCounty Court of Common Pleas civil and family court dockets are availablehere.
Coverage: Online civil dockets extend back to 1995.
Document availability: Documents are available for free starting in the early 2000s, butpop-ups forlpa-homes.org must be enabled.
Bloomberg Law: Civil dockets available from 2008 to the present.
Lancaster (2nd Judicial District)
The Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas civil dockets are availablehere.
Coverage: Online civil dockets extend back to the late1980s.
Document availability: The civil dockets sometimes link to case documents, depending on case type and date; access is free.
Bloomberg Law: Civil dockets available from 2006to the present, with select coverage prior to 2006.
Lawrence (53rd Judicial District)
Lebanon (52nd Judicial District)
The Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas civil dockets are not available online.
Coverage: Not applicable
Document availability: No
Bloomberg Law: No
Lehigh (31st Judicial District)
The Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas civil and family court dockets are available here through the county's Odyssey Public Access system. Attorneys who are members of the Pennsylvania Bar Association may register and access the dockets for free. Others can pay for a subscription to Online Records Access, which includes the dockets; a yearly subscription costs $300/year. Further information on registering for an account is available here.
Coverage: Unknown
Document availability: Unknown for Odyssey Public Access. Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas opinions from 2017 forward are available here.
Bloomberg Law: No
Luzerne (11th Judicial District)
The Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas civil court dockets are availablehere (click on the "Search Records as Guest" button).
Coverage: Online civil dockets extend back to the 1980s.
Document availability: The civil dockets link to case documents; there is a $0.35/page fee for retrieving documents, which can be paid a la carte.
Bloomberg Law: Civil dockets available from 2008 to the present.
Lycoming (29th Judicial District)
The Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas civilcourt dockets are availablehere.
Coverage: Online civil and family dockets extend back to 2013.
Document availability: Yes, starting in late 2022.
Bloomberg Law: No
McKean (48th Judicial District)
Mercer (35th Judicial District)
Mifflin (58th Judicial District)
Monroe (43rd Judicial District)
Montgomery (38th Judicial District)
The Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas civil and family court dockets are availablehere.
Coverage: Online civil and family court dockets extend back to 1980s, with some limited dockets from the 1970s.
Document availability: The civil dockets link to case documentsstarting in the late 1990s; to retrieve documents, there is a fee of $0.50 fee for the first page and $0.10/additional page, which can be paid a la carte. Family court documents are not available.
Bloomberg Law: Civil and family court dockets available from 1988 to the present, with select coverage back to the mid-1980s.
Montour (26th Judicial District)
Northampton (3rd Judicial District)
Northampton County Court of Common Pleas civil dockets are availablehere.
Coverage: Online civil dockets extend back to the mid-1980s.
Document availability: The civil dockets do not appear to link to documents. Northampton County court opinions (excluding opinions sealed for confidentiality or for which no statement of reasons were issued) from October 1, 2008 forward are available here.
Bloomberg Law: No
Northumberland (8th Judicial District)
The Northumberland County Court of Common Pleas civil dockets are not available online.
Coverage: Not applicable
Document availability: No
Bloomberg Law: No
Perry (41st Judicial District)
The Perry County Court of Common Pleas court dockets are not available online.
Coverage: Not applicable
Document availability: A summary of Perry County civil judgments from 1990 to the present isavailable through the "Civil Judgements" link here.
Bloomberg Law: No
Philadelphia (1st Judicial District)
The Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Civil Section dockets are availablehere. Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas FamilyCourt Division dockets are not available online.
Coverage: Online civil dockets extend back to 1971.
Document availability: The civil dockets link to case documentsstarting in late 2008; there is a $0.25/page fee for retrieving documents, which can be paid a la carte.
Bloomberg Law: Civil dockets available from 2010 to the present. Information is limited to captions and select complaints.
Pike (60th Judicial District)
Potter (55th Judicial District)
Schuylkill (21st Judicial District)
The Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas civil court dockets are available here.
Coverage:Online civil dockets extend back to 1989.
Document availability: No
Bloomberg Law: No
Snyder (17th Judicial District)
The Snyder County Court of Common Pleas civil dockets are not available online.
Coverage: Not applicable
Document availability: No
Bloomberg Law: No
Somerset (16th Judicial District)
Sullivan (44th Judicial District)
The SullivanCounty Court of Common Pleas civil dockets are not available online.
Coverage: Not applicable
Document availability: No
Bloomberg Law: No
Susquehanna (34th Judicial District)
Tioga (4th Judicial District)
Tioga County Court of Common Pleas civil dockets are not available online.
Coverage: Not applicable
Document availability: No
Bloomberg Law: No
Union (17th Judicial District)
The Union County Court of Common Pleas civil dockets are not available online.
Coverage: Not applicable
Document availability: No
Bloomberg Law: No
Venango (28th Judicial District)
Warren (37th Judicial District)
Washington (27th Judicial District)
The Washington County Court of Common Pleas civil court dockets are availablehere through the 27th Judicial District of Pennsylvania’s Electronic Retrieval System (ERS). Visitors who do not wish to pay for a subscription are charged $2.00/case. Various subscription plans are available: Basic ($125.00 of report access or 20 hours, whichever occurs first), Professional ($275.00 of report access or 25 hours, whichever occurs first, with the option to purchase additional blocks), and One-Hour Professional ($5.00 for 1 hour of access). Note: As of September 2023, Washington County is in the process of migrating dockets to a new system, so the ERS system only contains docket information through June 15, 2023. For more information, see the Prothonotary's website.
Coverage: Online civil dockets extend back to 1984.
Document availability: Unknown
Bloomberg Law: Civil dockets available from 2014 to the present, with select coverage extending back to the late 2000s.
Wayne (22nd Judicial District)
Westmoreland (10th Judicial District)
The Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas civil and family court dockets are availablehere (click on "Public Search" on top right-hand corner).
Coverage: Online civil dockets extend back to the 1980s; the older dockets have minimal information.
Document availability: Dockets obtained via the free public search option do not link to documents. Users may register for subscriptions to view documents; the cost is $50/month or $240/year.
Bloomberg Law: Civil dockets available from 2008 to the present, with a 1-2 week lag in posting new dockets. Information is limited to captions.
Wyoming (44th Judicial District)
York (19th Judicial District)
The York County Court of Common Pleas civil court dockets are available here.
Coverage:Online civil dockets extend back to 1986.
Document availability: The civil dockets sometimes link to case documents, depending on case type and date; access is free.
Bloomberg Law: No
