Docket Searches | Montgomery County, PA (2024)

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How do I find my PA dockets? ›

Dockets for Pennsylvania's appellate courts (Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Superior Court, and Commonwealth Court) all are located on the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania web portal. Appellate court dockets also are available via the PAeDocket app on Google Play or Apple's App Store.

The PAeDocket app is available on both the iPhone and iPad. The app allows mobile users to perform quick and easy searches from their devices for publicly accessible cases from magisterial district courts, common pleas courts and appellate courts.

Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System provides comprehensive public access to court records online and upon request.

Records that are not available to the general public: These records are exempt from disclosure under the Right-to-Know Law. These records include police reports and certain types of government financial information.

All Federal court records are available online at PACER.gov, an electronic public access service that is overseen by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. This includes all Federal civil court cases, criminal charges, as well as bankruptcies. In all, there are over 500 million documents on PACER.

Finding public court information is easier than ever with the launch of PAeDocket - a free app that provides a quick and simple search of court cases or dockets. Users can search by case number, participant name, organization name, offense tracking number, police incident or complaint number or state ID number.

Searching arrest details on county web portals or the Pennsylvania judiciary's case search database is free. However, obtaining copies of arrest records will attract a fee. Individuals who engage third-party vendors will also pay the applicable fee to obtain arrest records.

The Pennsylvania Judicial Branch offers an online portal for viewing arrest warrants. This online resource provides access to statewide warrants generated from the Magisterial District Judge and Common Pleas Criminal Court Case Management systems.

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Third-Degree Misdemeanor Offenses. A third-degree misdemeanor, also abbreviated as M3, is a crime that could result in a maximum prison sentence of not more than one year and fines that do not exceed $2,500. They're also punished the least severely of all misdemeanor grades.

What is PACER? ›

The Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) service provides electronic public access to federal court records. PACER provides the public with instantaneous access to more than 1 billion documents filed at all federal courts.

“Case Records” are (1) documents for any case filed with, accepted and maintained by a court or custodian; (2) dockets, indices, and documents (such as orders, opinions, judgments, decrees) for any case created and maintained by a court or custodian.

Divorce records in Pennsylvania are open to access upon request by any member of the public. This access applies to informational copies. Legal or certified copies are issued only to persons named in the record and their legal representatives.

Pennsylvania's VINE system, known as PA SAVIN, can be accessed via phone (1-866-9PA-SAVIN) or online at www.vinelink.com. Users can search for an offender using their first and last name or their inmate identification number.

Visit your state's department of corrections website.

Every state in the U.S. should have a website, and you can use the inmate locator to find information about the prisoner. Some states will also publish mugshots. Type “your state” and “department of corrections” into your favorite web browser.

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