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.
Fulton County, Pennsylvania, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Pennsylvania the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases; the statewide criminal history kept by the Pennsylvania State Police is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Fulton County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
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Criminal Cases in the Fulton County Court of Common Pleas
A criminal case from Fulton County is filed in the Fulton County Court of Common Pleas or the Magisterial District Courts, which take traffic tickets, summary offenses, small claims and preliminary hearings; Philadelphia has the Municipal Court instead, and the court file, kept by the Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at co.fulton.pa.us/court-common-pleas.php (page title: Court of Common Pleas | 39th Judicial District | County of Fulton, PA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
The Pennsylvania Criminal History and Your Own Copy
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. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it. The search is on the Pennsylvania State Police site.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Fulton County
The Sheriff's Department | County of Fulton, PA keeps the arrest records in Fulton County: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places one state police unit and four state agencies in Fulton County (the arrest records guide names each one); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Fulton County arrest records.
The District Attorney for Fulton County
Charges in Fulton County are filed by the District Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Fulton County Court of Common Pleas or the Magisterial District Courts.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at co.fulton.pa.us/district-attorney.php (page title: District Attorney | County of Fulton, PA), 116 West Market Street McConnellsburg, PA 17233, Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Fulton County
Registered sex offenders living in Fulton County are listed on the Pennsylvania Megan's Law website, run by the Pennsylvania State Police at meganslaw.psp.pa.gov/Home/TermsAndConditions. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Fulton County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Right-to-Know Law a county office must answer a request within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page. 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).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal 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.
Can I search Fulton County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at co.fulton.pa.us/court-common-pleas.php (page title: Court of Common Pleas | 39th Judicial District | County of Fulton, PA). Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
How do I get my own Pennsylvania criminal history?
Through the same PATCH request, run on yourself.
Who prosecutes crimes in Fulton County?
The District Attorney, which files its cases in the Fulton County Court of Common Pleas or the Magisterial District Courts.
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.