Allegheny County
Allegheny County is located in Southwestern Pennsylvania and it is the second most populous county in the state. It was established on September 24, 1788 and named after the Allegheny River. It had a population of 1,250,578 according to the 2020 census, covers 745 square miles, and includes Pittsburgh, Pennsylvia's largest city.
Allegheny County's court system includes multiple Courts of Common Pleas, Magisterial District Courts, and the Pittsburgh Municipal Court. Different Courts of Common Pleas represent Civil/Family, Criminal, and Wills/Orphans' Divisions. These Divisions are responsible for filing and maintaining court documents for the Allegheny County Courts of Common Pleas in accordance with state regulations.
The Magisterial District Courts are courts of lower jurisdiction hearing traffic, non-traffic, and civil cases in which the amount of money in dispute is $12,000. The third court of trial in Allegheny County is the Pittsburgh Municipal Court, presiding over criminal, traffic, and non-traffic cases.
Allegheny public court records are documents of legal proceedings, judgments, verdicts, orders, and trials kept with the County Clerk. The County Clerk Office ensures that these legal documents are available for viewing upon request by the public. The Department of Court Records allows the public to file requests to obtain these documents online through the e-Filing and Retrieval System. Adoption, social security number, and juvenile records are not available to the public as they are sealed records in Allegheny County.
You can access court records related to the following from the Allegheny County Clerk's Office:
- Criminal Case
- Family Law Case
- Probate Case
- Civil Case
- Guardianship Case
You can look up any public court record on the Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System website at no cost. You may need to provide the case number and the names of the parties involved in the case in order to get the desired result.
