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.
Bedford County, Pennsylvania, has about 48,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Bedford 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, directory links, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Bedford County public records, Bedford County arrest records, Bedford County warrants, Bedford County inmate search, Bedford County criminal records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Bedford County
In Bedford County, the Bedford County Court of Common Pleas hears felonies, civil cases, divorces, estates and juvenile matters.
Below it, 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 Bedford County
For Bedford County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/individual-county-courts/... (page title: Bedford County | Individual County Courts | Courts of Common Pleas | Courts | Unified Judicial System of Penns), phone 814-623-4812, 200 S. Juliana Street Bedford, PA 15522, Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Magisterial District Courts, not to the Bedford County Court of Common Pleas.
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 Bedford County
Together, the three agencies in Bedford County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 52 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Bedford County Court of Common Pleas or the Magisterial District Courts.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at bedfordcountypa.org/courts/district_attorney/index.php (page title: Welcome to Bedford County), phone (814) 623-4855, 200 South Juliana Street Bedford, PA 15522, 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 Bedford County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Bedford County criminal records, Bedford County traffic tickets, Bedford County DUI and Bedford County property records.
More Official Court Pages for Bedford County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Bedford County and Pennsylvania. These court pages from its Bedford County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Pennsylvania Judiciary Web Portal (ujsportal.pacourts.us)
Cities in Bedford County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Bedford County Court of Common Pleas or the Magisterial District Courts.
The cities and towns in the county are Bedford, Everett, Hyndman, Saxton, Schellsburg, Manns Choice, Woodbury, New Paris, Hopewell, Rainsburg and St. Clairsville.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Bedford County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at pacourts.us, phone 814-623-4812; it belongs to a lower court, the Magisterial District Courts, not to the Bedford County Court of Common Pleas. Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Which court hears felonies in Bedford County?
The Bedford 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 Bedford 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 Bedford 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.