Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in Lycoming County, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Pennsylvania the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases; the statewide criminal history kept by the Pennsylvania State Police is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Williamsport is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
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Criminal Cases in the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas
In Pennsylvania the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Williamsport are heard by the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas, which hears felonies, civil cases, divorces, estates and juvenile matters; the Magisterial District Courts take traffic tickets, summary offenses, small claims and preliminary hearings; Philadelphia has the Municipal Court instead, and the file of each case is kept by the Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at lycomingcountypa.gov/government/row_officers/government/prothonotar... (page title: Lycoming County, PA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
The Pennsylvania Criminal History and Your Own Copy
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. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it. The search is on the Pennsylvania State Police site.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Williamsport
The Lycoming County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Williamsport (filed by the FBI as Williamsport Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Williamsport: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places four state agencies, one campus police department, one state police unit and two other agencies in Lycoming County (the arrest records guide names each one); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the five agencies in Lycoming County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 1,684 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Williamsport arrest records.
The District Attorney for Lycoming County
Charges in Lycoming County are filed by the District Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas or the Magisterial District Courts.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at lycomingcountypa.gov/government/row_officers/government/district_at... (page title: Lycoming County, PA), phone 570-327-2456, 48 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA 17701, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Williamsport
Registered sex offenders living in Williamsport are listed on the Pennsylvania Megan's Law website, run by the Pennsylvania State Police at meganslaw.psp.pa.gov/Home/TermsAndConditions. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Lycoming County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Right-to-Know Law a county office must answer a request within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at lycomingcountypa.gov/government/commissioners/right_to_know.php (page title: Lycoming County, PA).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Williamsport?
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.
Can I search Williamsport criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at lycomingcountypa.gov (page title: Lycoming County, PA). Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
How do I get my own Pennsylvania criminal history?
Through the same PATCH request, run on yourself.
Who prosecutes crimes in Williamsport?
The District Attorney, reached at 570-327-2456, which files its cases in the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas or the Magisterial District Courts.
Is this the official Williamsport 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.