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. 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 between September 23, 2026 and September 28, 2026.
Snyder County, Pennsylvania, has about 40,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A DUI arrest in Snyder County starts two cases, a criminal case (in the Court of Common Pleas, after a preliminary hearing before a Magisterial District Judge) and a license case before PennDOT, and leaves three records. This guide follows the arrest from the roadside to the court file and the driving record.
This guide covers the law, the arrest, booking, the court case, the license case, the records and common questions.
Related guides: Snyder County public records, Snyder County arrest records, Snyder County warrants, Snyder County inmate search, Snyder County criminal records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
The DUI Law in Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania the offense is DUI, and the limit is 0.08.
Driving in Pennsylvania is consent to a breath or blood test when an officer has cause to suspect DUI; the license case that follows a refusal or a failed test is run by PennDOT, separately from the criminal case.
For charging and sentencing, Pennsylvania counts prior offenses within 10 years.
Who Makes DUI Arrests in Snyder County
The Snyder County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Selinsgrove, Shamokin Dam and Middleburg make the DUI arrests in Snyder County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Snyder County: the Snyder County State Police (state police); the Bureau of Forestry in Snyder County and the Office of Attorney General Region 2 in Snyder County (state agency); the Snyder County State Police makes the arrests on the state highways.
Together, the three agencies in Snyder County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 147 arrests to the FBI that year, all offenses together; the FBI's count for Snyder County does not break DUI out.
Booking After a DUI Arrest in Snyder County
A driver arrested for DUI and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail, run by the Snyder County Sheriff's Office, held about 53 people on an average day in 2023 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at snydercounty.org/departments/sheriff, phone 570-837-3311. The Snyder County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
The Court Case
The District Attorney files the charge, and the case is heard in the Court of Common Pleas, after a preliminary hearing before a Magisterial District Judge.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at snydercounty.org, phone (570) 837-4233.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/individual-county-courts/..., phone 570-837-4207. That page belongs to a lower court, the Magisterial District Courts, not to the Snyder County Court of Common Pleas.
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
The License Case
A DUI arrest starts two cases: the criminal one above and an administrative one over the license, run by PennDOT. The driving record, kept by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, carries the result of both.
The Records a DUI Leaves
- The arrest report: from the agency that made the arrest, under the Right-to-Know Law.
- The court file: from the Court of Common Pleas, after a preliminary hearing before a Magisterial District Judge, kept by the Prothonotary for civil cases and divorces and the Clerk of Courts for criminal cases.
- The driving record: from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
More on each: Snyder County arrest records, Snyder County police reports and Snyder County court records.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the DUI limit in Pennsylvania?
0.08 percent blood alcohol.
Where is a DUI case from Snyder County heard?
In the Court of Common Pleas, after a preliminary hearing before a Magisterial District Judge, brought by the District Attorney. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at pacourts.us.
Where is a person arrested for DUI in Snyder County held?
At the county jail, run by the Snyder County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
Who handles the license after a DUI arrest in Pennsylvania?
PennDOT, in an administrative case separate from the court case.
How long does a DUI count as a prior in Pennsylvania?
10 years.
Is this the official Snyder 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.