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 28, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Cambria County, Pennsylvania, has about 130,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Cambria 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: Cambria County public records, Cambria County arrest records, Cambria County warrants, Cambria County inmate search, Cambria County criminal records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Cambria County
In Cambria County, the Cambria 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 Cambria County
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/individual-county-courts/... (page title: Cambria County | Individual County Courts | Courts of Common Pleas | Courts | Unified Judicial System of Penns), phone 814-472-5440, 200 South Center Street Ebensburg, PA 15931, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Magisterial District Courts, not to the Cambria 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 Cambria County
Together, the 24 agencies in Cambria County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,608 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Cambria County Court of Common Pleas or the Magisterial District Courts.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at cambriacountypa.gov/district-attorney-office (page title: District Attorney's Office | Cambria County, PA), 200 South Center Street Ebensburg, PA 15931, Monday - Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
The Kinds of Court Files
Criminal cases, divorces, traffic tickets and evictions all end up as files of these courts, and the file is what the public sees of each.
The other Cambria County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Cambria County criminal records, Cambria County traffic tickets, Cambria County DUI and Cambria County property records.
More Official Court Pages for Cambria County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Cambria County and Pennsylvania. These court pages from its Cambria County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Magisterial District Judge 47-1-02 Criminal Docket (ujsportal.pacourts.us)
Cities in Cambria County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Cambria County Court of Common Pleas or the Magisterial District Courts.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Cambria County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Johnstown (17,853)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Cambria County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at pacourts.us, phone 814-472-5440; it belongs to a lower court, the Magisterial District Courts, not to the Cambria County Court of Common Pleas. Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Which court hears felonies in Cambria County?
The Cambria 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 Cambria 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 Cambria 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.