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 on September 23, 2026.
Beaver County, Pennsylvania, has about 166,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Beaver County Court of Common Pleas and the Magisterial District Courts, and the file of each case, kept by the Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases, is the public record of it. This guide says which court hears what, where to look a case up and who keeps the files.
This guide covers the courts, the records page, criminal cases, kinds of files, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Beaver County public records, Beaver County arrest records, Beaver County warrants, Beaver County inmate search, Beaver County criminal records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Beaver County
In Beaver County, the Beaver County Court of Common Pleas 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.
Divorces go to the Court of Common Pleas, and the file stays with the Prothonotary.
The Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases keep the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the Right-to-Know Law.
Looking Up a Case from Beaver County
For Beaver County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at beavercountypa.gov/departments/clerk-of-courts (page title: Beaver County | Clerk of Courts), phone 724-770-4590, 810 Third Street Beaver, PA 15009, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
The Pennsylvania court page SearchSystems verified is at ujsportal.pacourts.us/casesearch.
What Reaches the Court from Beaver County
Together, the 27 agencies in Beaver County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,641 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Beaver County Court of Common Pleas or the Magisterial District Courts.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at beavercountypa.gov/departments/district-attorney (page title: Beaver County | District Attorney), phone 724-773-8550, 810 Third Street Beaver, PA 15009, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Kinds of Court Files
The court file is one record with several readers: a criminal case from the arrest to the sentence, a divorce from the petition to the judgment, a traffic ticket from the citation to the conviction the court reports to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Beaver County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Beaver County criminal records, Beaver County divorce records, Beaver County traffic tickets, Beaver County DUI and Beaver County property records.
Cities in Beaver County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Beaver County Court of Common Pleas or the Magisterial District Courts.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Beaver County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Aliquippa (9,003)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Beaver County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at beavercountypa.gov, phone 724-770-4590. Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Which court hears felonies in Beaver County?
The Beaver 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.
Who keeps the court records in Beaver County?
The Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in Pennsylvania?
Yes: UJS Web Portal, the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Is this the official Beaver County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.