Why We Built This Site
Pennsylvania gives the public broad access to many court records, but judicial records follow court access rules as well as agency open-records rules. The hard part is figuring out which Dauphin County office holds the file you want. The Prothonotary handles civil, family, PFA, judgment, and lien records. The Clerk of Courts handles criminal Common Pleas records. The Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans' Court handles marriage, estate, guardianship, and Orphans' Court records. The Sheriff's Office and Dauphin County Prison handle separate custody and court-security functions. We pull together the contact details, search portals, fee schedules, and request steps for each of these offices into one place.
What You Will Find Here
- Records pages by type: court records, criminal records, inmate records, warrant records, marriage and divorce, probate, and more
- Office contacts: direct contact info for the Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, Court of Common Pleas, and major facilities
- Search walkthroughs: step-by-step guides for Dauphin County public access tools and Pennsylvania statewide databases
- Public records help: how public access works for court records, agency records, and records that may be sealed or restricted
What We Cannot Do
This is a privately run reference site. We have no connection to any Pennsylvania court, Dauphin County clerk's office, sheriff's office, or state agency. There are real limits to what we can help with:
- We cannot file paperwork or send records requests on your behalf
- We cannot issue certified copies of any court document or vital record
- We cannot give legal advice or explain how a specific case applies to you
- We cannot guarantee that every phone number, fee, or address listed on this site is current right now
Only the issuing court or government office can provide a certified copy with an official seal. We can point you to the right office, but the document has to come from them.
Search Partners
Some pages on this site include search boxes powered by third-party providers. Those companies set their own pricing and run their own services. When you use one of those tools and it leads to a paid signup, we may earn a referral fee. That revenue helps keep this site free for visitors. We do not control what those tools charge or what shows up in their results.