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.
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, has about 124,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Fayette 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: Fayette County public records, Fayette County arrest records, Fayette County warrants, Fayette County criminal records, Fayette County police reports, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Fayette County
Court cases from Fayette County are filed in the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas, which 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 Fayette County
For Fayette County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courtrecord.net/fayette-county-pa-courts (page title: Fayette County Court Records for Free (Fayette County, PA)), phone 724-430-1233, 61 East Main Street Uniontown, PA 15401, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Magisterial District Courts, not to the Fayette 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 Fayette County
Together, the ten agencies in Fayette County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 643 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas or the Magisterial District Courts.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at fayettecountypa.org/492/District-Attorneys-Office (page title: Office of the District Attorney | Fayette County, PA), phone 724-430-1245, Monday-Friday 8:00 AM- 4:30 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Fayette County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Fayette County criminal records, Fayette County traffic tickets, Fayette County DUI and Fayette County property records.
Cities in Fayette County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas or the Magisterial District Courts.
The cities and towns in the county are Uniontown, Connellsville, Masontown, Brownsville, South Connellsville, Fairchance, Perryopolis, Point Marion, Belle Vernon, Dunbar, Smithfield, Everson, Newell, Fayette City, Vanderbilt, Dawson, Markleysburg and Ohiopyle.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Fayette County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courtrecord.net/fayette-county-pa-courts, phone 724-430-1233; it belongs to a lower court, the Magisterial District Courts, not to the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas. Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Which court hears felonies in Fayette County?
The Fayette 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 Fayette 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 Fayette 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.