Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, in Union County, has about 5,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Union County Court of Common Pleas. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Lewisburg public records, Union County arrest records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Lewisburg
The FBI lists no arrest reporting agency under the name of Lewisburg. In Union County the county agency that reports arrests is the Union County Sheriff's Office.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Union County: Bucknell University (campus police); the Union County State Police (state police); the Office of Attorney General Region 2 in Union County, the Bureau of Forestry in Union County, Forest Rangers's Bald Eagle State Forest District 7 and the State Park Rangers at Raymond B. Winter (state agency).
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lewisburg Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lewisburg is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 46 people, up from about 28 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 45 beds, and it ran at 102 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Union County Sheriff's Office at unioncountypa.org/departments/sheriff/sheriff-s-office/page.aspx (page title: Sheriff's Office | Union County Commissioners), 103 S. Second Street Lewisburg, PA 17837, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections lists its inmates at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Lewisburg
Whether someone was arrested in Lewisburg, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Union County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at ujsportal.pacourts.us/casesearch); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at unioncountypa.org/district-attorney, phone (570) 524-8651).
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Pennsylvania is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: PATCH lets anyone request a criminal record check by name online, for $22 a search, through the Pennsylvania State Police. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Lewisburg
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Right-to-Know Law the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
- An arrest by the Lewisburg police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at lewisburgborough.org/community/regional-police-department (page title: Regional Police Department | Borough of Lewisburg Pennsylvania), phone (570) 524-4302, 1610 Industrial Boulevard Suite 500 Lewisburg, PA 17837, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Union County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (570) 524-8651, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Union County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at ujsportal.pacourts.us/casesearch.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Union County guide covers every agency in the county: Union County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are people arrested in Lewisburg booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Union County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lewisburg?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Pennsylvania State Police: PATCH lets anyone request a criminal record check by name online, for $22. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Right-to-Know Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Lewisburg?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Union County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension.
Is this the official Lewisburg website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.