Search Snyder County Court Records
The first online channel for many Snyder County court records is Pennsylvania UJS Case Search. The portal provides free public docket sheets for Pennsylvania appellate courts, criminal Courts of Common Pleas, Magisterial District Courts, and Philadelphia Municipal Court cases. For Snyder County, that means Common Pleas criminal matters and Magisterial District Court citations, landlord-tenant matters, preliminary hearings, and summary cases are the main public online docket categories.
Civil, family, divorce, custody, and Orphans' Court records are more office-centered. The Snyder County Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, and Clerk of Orphans' Court accepts in-person and mail filings, accepts civil and Orphans' Court e-filings through CountySuite, and handles certified copy requests. Public users should not assume that scanned pleadings or certified records are online just because a docket exists.
- Open UJS Case Search and choose the search type that matches the data in hand, such as participant name, docket number, citation number, OTN, or complaint number.
- Select Snyder County when the case was filed locally. Use Judicial District 17, Snyder/Union, when district filtering helps.
- For traffic or MDJ matters, narrow to District 17-3-03 in Selinsgrove or District 17-3-04 in Middleburg when the issuing office is known.
- Open the docket sheet, then review the court office, docket entries, scheduled events, charges, judgments, costs, or cross-court docket number.
- For certified copies, missing documents, or records not displayed online, contact Stephanie Wolf's court office at 570-837-4202 or prothonotary@snydercounty.org.
Snyder County Court Search Fields
UJS Case Search is broad because it covers more than one kind of Pennsylvania court record. A Snyder County court records lookup can be name based, case-number based, citation based, or charge-identifier based. Name searches can return multiple people, while docket-number and citation searches are more direct when the exact identifier is available.
| Field | Use | Snyder County Note |
|---|---|---|
| Participant Name | Search by person or party | Best for broad criminal, civil, or MDJ checks when no docket number is known. |
| Docket Number | Direct case lookup | Use CP or MJ docket formats when they appear on notices or prior docket sheets. |
| Citation Number | Traffic and non-traffic cases | Useful for Snyder County Magisterial District Court traffic citations. |
| OTN or Complaint Number | Criminal charge tracking | Helps connect arrest-stage filings to Common Pleas criminal dockets. |
| County | Geographic filter | Select Snyder for local cases, or Judicial District 17 for Snyder/Union filtering. |
| Scheduled Events Only | Calendar search | Shows future hearings when public calendar data is available. |
According to the UJS case information page, public docket sheets can be searched, viewed, and printed. Secure docket sheets contain more data and are limited to approved users, such as court staff, attorneys, law enforcement, and county users.
Snyder County Court System
Snyder County is part of Pennsylvania's 17th Judicial District with Union County. The Snyder County Courts page describes a two-county judicial district with two judges. The Court of Common Pleas is the county-level trial court of general jurisdiction. It handles civil and criminal matters, support, custody, juvenile delinquency, juvenile dependency, and Orphans' Court matters.
The lower court level is the Magisterial District Court. Snyder County has two Magisterial District Judges. These courts handle traffic and non-traffic citations, landlord-tenant and civil claims up to $12,000, private criminal complaints, preliminary arraignments, preliminary hearings, and search warrants. Criminal cases may begin in a Magisterial District Court, then move to Common Pleas if charges are held for court or waived to court.
Case flow: Magisterial District Court › Court of Common Pleas › Pennsylvania Superior Court or Commonwealth Court › Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
| Court | Location | Records Produced |
|---|---|---|
| Court of Common Pleas | Snyder County Courthouse, Middleburg | Civil, criminal, family, support, custody, juvenile, Orphans' Court, and appeals from MDJ decisions. |
| Magisterial District 17-3-03 | 1025 US Rt. 522, Selinsgrove | Traffic, non-traffic, preliminary criminal, landlord-tenant, and civil claims up to $12,000. |
| Magisterial District 17-3-04 | 32 East Market Street, Middleburg | Traffic, non-traffic, preliminary criminal, landlord-tenant, and civil claims up to $12,000. |
Snyder County Courthouse Records
The Snyder County Courthouse is the central address for the Court of Common Pleas, court administration, Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, Clerk of Orphans' Court, Sheriff, District Attorney, Public Defender, Commissioners, and several records offices. The official county site places the courthouse at 9 West Market Street in Middleburg, with general county hours of Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The official Snyder County homepage is shown in the local image captured from Snyder County government.
That county portal is the starting point for department pages, forms, fee schedules, open-records information, and courthouse office contacts.
Snyder County Courthouse
9 West Market Street
P.O. Box 217
Middleburg, PA 17842
570-837-4207
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Prothonotary and Clerk
Stephanie Wolf
9 West Market Street
Middleburg, PA 17842
570-837-4202
prothonotary@snydercounty.org
Court Administration
Kelly Heeter
9 West Market Street
Middleburg, PA 17842
570-837-4344
kheeter@snydercounty.org
Snyder County Court Record Types
Snyder County court records include civil complaints, petitions, judgments, writs, custody filings, divorce cases, criminal complaints, criminal informations, docket entries, sentencing orders, traffic citations, landlord-tenant cases, juvenile matters, Orphans' Court proceedings, and appeal records. The local distinction matters because the online path for one record type may not work for another.
The Pennsylvania courts page for Snyder County, captured from Pennsylvania Courts, identifies the local Court of Common Pleas and connects users to statewide docket and payment tools.
That statewide page is useful when a reader needs official court contact details as well as UJS docket-sheet links.
- Civil records: complaints, answers, motions, praecipes, judgments, subpoenas, writs, and settlement documents filed through the Prothonotary.
- Criminal records: complaints, informations, arraignment documents, pleas, motions, sentencing orders, and financial obligations maintained by the Clerk of Courts function.
- Family records: custody, support, divorce, and related filings, with confidential information handled under UJS policy.
- Magisterial records: traffic citations, non-traffic citations, landlord-tenant matters, civil claims up to $12,000, and preliminary criminal events.
- Orphans' Court records: wills, estates, guardianships, accountings, short certificates, decrees, and related probate filings.
What Snyder County Dockets Show
Most public online court records are docket records, not complete file images. A docket is the chronological case record. It can show when a case was filed, which court office holds it, what events occurred, what charges or claims were filed, whether a hearing is scheduled, and what outcome has been entered. In criminal and traffic cases, the docket may also show fines, costs, restitution, payment plans, warrants, and cross-court docket numbers.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Docket number | The official case identifier, often with CP or MJ format in Pennsylvania. |
| Court office | The Common Pleas or Magisterial District Court office tied to the record. |
| Caption | The parties, such as Commonwealth, plaintiff, defendant, or other participant names. |
| Docket entries | Filings, orders, continuances, hearings, pleas, sentencing, payments, or closure entries. |
| Charges or claims | Offense descriptions, statute sections, civil claim types, grades, or amounts when public. |
| Disposition | The result of a charge, claim, motion, plea, judgment, dismissal, or other court action. |
Snyder County Public Access Rules
Pennsylvania court records are not governed by one simple county website rule. Public court dockets follow judiciary access policies. County administrative records may fall under the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law. Criminal history information has its own Pennsylvania statute. Snyder County also requires confidential information to be filed separately when a court filing contains protected identifiers.
The Snyder County Commissioners page captured from Snyder County Commissioners is the local county source for the general Right-to-Know process.
That county source matters because administrative records use a different request path than court case records or sheriff records.
Key access rules:
Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law covers many county administrative records, but court case records follow judiciary rules.
UJS public records policies explain Pennsylvania judiciary access to case records, forms, financial records, and statewide data.
42 Pa.C.S. Section 6307 limits inspection of juvenile court files.
18 Pa.C.S. Section 9122 controls many criminal record expungement situations.
Use Right-to-Know requests for county or sheriff administrative records when the research supports that channel. Do not use a county open-records request as a substitute for a court's certified-copy process or for sealed case access.
Snyder County Restricted Records
Some Snyder County court records are public only in part, and some are not public at all. Juvenile delinquency and dependency files, adoption records, sealed cases, expunged criminal records, limited-access criminal records, mental-health proceedings, and sensitive guardianship materials need careful handling. Online docket access should never be read as proof that the whole file is open.
Protected data can include Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, driver's license numbers, minor names in some contexts, abuse-victim contact details, and other confidential identifiers. Snyder County filing rules require a separate Confidential Information Form and a Certification of Compliance when a filing contains protected information. Non-compliant filings may be returned without filing.
Snyder County Sheriff And Jail
The Snyder County Sheriff's Office handles courthouse security, civil process, Protection From Abuse matters, warrants, central booking, and law-enforcement services. Sheriff John Zechman's office is based at the courthouse and publishes a separate warrant page and a Sheriff Right-to-Know process. The active warrant portal is unusually direct for a small Pennsylvania county because it links to a complete CountySuite warrant list.
The county correctional facility page identifies Snyder County Corrections as the local facility, but the research notes that no full public jail roster was confirmed on the county website. For custody lookup, use the county facility contact, the Pennsylvania DOC locator for state-sentenced inmates and parolees, and Pennsylvania VINELink for notifications. More detail is available in the Snyder County inmate records section, while active warrant details belong with Snyder County warrant records.
Snyder County Marriage Probate Records
Marriage licenses are handled through the Clerk of Orphans' Court function in Stephanie Wolf's office, while estate matters also involve Stacey L. Zerbe, Register of Wills and Recorder of Deeds. Divorce records are Court of Common Pleas records, not Pennsylvania Department of Health vital records. Certified divorce decrees come from the court office that holds the divorce case.
Probate in Snyder County uses Orphans' Court terminology. Estate records may include wills, petitions, bonds, renunciations, short certificates, inventories, accountings, inheritance-tax filings, decrees, and orders. Recorded deeds and estate property documents may also point to the Register and Recorder side of the courthouse.
- Testator
- A person who made a will.
- Executor
- The person named to carry out a will after death.
- Intestate
- A death with no valid will, so estate distribution follows state law.
Snyder County Court Record Fees
Snyder County's 2026 Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts fee schedule is the local fee source for many filings and copy tasks. Fees vary by record type and service. Filing fees are due at filing. Mail filings need a self-addressed stamped envelope for return copies. Fax and email filings are not accepted for filing of record.
| Item | Amount or Note |
|---|---|
| Civil complaint or petition | $172.75 |
| Divorce filing | $216.75 |
| Custody filing | $268.25 |
| Criminal complaint or transcript first filing | $180.50 plus $5 auto fee |
| Expungement, new filing | $206.00 |
| Certified record under county RTK fee schedule | $5.00 |
| Black-and-white RTK copy | $0.25 per page |
Snyder County Court History
PHMC states that Snyder County was created on March 2, 1855, from part of Union County and named for Governor Simon Snyder. Middleburg was laid out in 1800 and became the county seat. The most court-specific history point is direct: PHMC notes that a dispute over a new Union County courthouse helped lead to Snyder County's separation from Union County.
The modern court system still links Snyder and Union Counties in the 17th Judicial District. President Judge Lori R. Hackenberg has Snyder County chambers in Middleburg, while Judge Michael Piecuch has Union County chambers in Lewisburg. The county's origin and current court structure both connect local court access to the older Snyder-Union relationship.
Snyder County Federal Courts
Snyder County state court records are separate from federal court records. Federal matters for the region fall within the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, with federal bankruptcy records in the Middle District bankruptcy court and appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. PACER is the federal case-access system, with separate pricing and account rules.
The U.S. Attorney's Office page captured from the Middle District of Pennsylvania district overview shows Snyder County within that federal district.
The federal district context helps distinguish county criminal prosecutions from federal prosecutions handled outside the Snyder County Court of Common Pleas.
The related manifest image from the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania page identifies the federal prosecution office for the district that includes Snyder County.
Federal prosecution records remain separate from Snyder County District Attorney and Clerk of Courts records, even when the person or event has a local connection.
Snyder County Court Records FAQ
Can Snyder County court records be searched online? Many public docket sheets can be searched through UJS Case Search, especially Common Pleas criminal and Magisterial District Court cases. Civil, family, divorce, probate, and certified-copy needs often require the Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, Clerk of Orphans' Court, or Register of Wills.
Where are Snyder County traffic tickets paid? Eligible traffic tickets and court costs can be paid through PAePay. Cases that are not public, not eligible, or past a deadline may require contact with the assigned Magisterial District Court.
Who handles Snyder County warrants? The Sheriff's Office publishes warrant information and links to the CountySuite active warrant portal. Some bench-warrant details may also appear on UJS docket sheets.
Are online docket sheets certified copies? No. Public docket sheets help identify and track a case, but certified copies must come from the court office that maintains the record.
Are all criminal records public? No. Juvenile matters, sealed cases, expunged records, limited-access records, and certain confidential identifiers are restricted under Pennsylvania law and UJS policy.
Where is the courthouse? The Snyder County Courthouse is at 9 West Market Street in Middleburg, Pennsylvania. It houses several court and record offices.
Snyder County Local Context
Snyder County is in central Pennsylvania and the Susquehanna Valley region. The largest nearby population center is Selinsgrove, and Market Street carries U.S. Route 522 through Middleburg. The local image from U.S. Census QuickFacts gives official county demographic context.
Population and local geography affect which offices people use most often, but the court record route still depends on the filing court and record type.
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