Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Fulton County, Pennsylvania, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by five campus, state or other agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Fulton County Court of Common Pleas. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Fulton County public records, Pennsylvania arrest records, Pennsylvania inmate search and Pennsylvania criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Fulton County
The Sheriff's Department | County of Fulton, PA is the county law enforcement agency of Fulton County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Fulton County: the Fulton County State Police (state police); the Office of Attorney General Region 2 in Fulton County, the Bureau of Forestry in Fulton County, Forest Rangers's Buchanan State Forest District 2 and the State Park Rangers at Cowans Gap (state agency).
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fulton County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Fulton County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 22 people, down from about 40 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 42 beds, and it ran at 53 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Sheriff's Department | County of Fulton, PA at co.fulton.pa.us/sheriff.php (page title: Sheriff's Department | County of Fulton, PA), phone (717)485-4519, 207 North 2nd Street McConnellsburg, PA 17233, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections lists its inmates at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Fulton County
An arrest in Fulton County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Fulton County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.fulton.pa.us/court-common-pleas.php); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.fulton.pa.us/district-attorney.php).
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
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. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Fulton County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Right-to-Know Law the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
- An arrest by the Sheriff's Department | County of Fulton, PA: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (717)485-4519.
- An arrest by the Fulton County State Police, the Office of Attorney General Region 2 in Fulton County or the Bureau of Forestry in Fulton County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Fulton County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at co.fulton.pa.us/court-common-pleas.php.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.fulton.pa.us/open-records-policy.php (page title: Open Records Policy | County of Fulton, PA).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Fulton County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Fulton County with an arrest reporting agency of its own.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Fulton County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Fulton County?
Ask the Sheriff's Department | County of Fulton, PA at (717)485-4519; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.fulton.pa.us/sheriff.php.
Where are people arrested in Fulton County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Sheriff's Department | County of Fulton, PA; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Fulton County?
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.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Fulton County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sheriff's Department | County of Fulton, PA for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.fulton.pa.us/open-records-policy.php.
Is this the official Fulton 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.