Why We Built This Site
Pennsylvania offers several public routes, but they do not return the same thing. Allegheny County's jail maintains custody information, the Department of Court Records holds filed criminal cases, and Pennsylvania State Police operates Pennsylvania Access To Criminal History (PATCH). State custody belongs in the Pennsylvania Inmate/Parolee Locator, while registry searches belong on the Pennsylvania State Police Megan's Law Public Website. We organize the verified request steps, official contacts, fees, and search links for those separate systems.
What You Will Find Here
- Agency contacts: where to reach Allegheny County court, jail, and statewide record custodians
- Record guides: how criminal court case records are found and read in Allegheny County
- Official check walkthroughs: how PATCH name checks and IDEMIA/IdentoGO fingerprint capture fit into Pennsylvania's system
- Record relief guidance: where Pennsylvania expungement and Clean Slate processes begin
What We Cannot Do
This is a privately run reference site, not part of any Pennsylvania court, police department, county office, or state agency. Those boundaries mean:
- We cannot run an official background check or pull a criminal record for anyone
- We cannot file expungement petitions, records requests, or any other paperwork on your behalf
- We cannot issue certified copies of any criminal record, court document, or rap sheet
- We cannot give legal advice or explain how a specific charge or case applies to you
- We cannot guarantee that every phone number, fee, or address listed on this site is current right now
An official copy must come from the agency that issued or maintains it, such as Allegheny County's Department of Court Records or Pennsylvania State Police. This site supplies directions, not records.
Search Partners
Some pages on this site include search boxes powered by third-party providers. Those companies set their own pricing and run their own services. When you use one of those tools and it leads to a paid signup, we may earn a referral fee. That revenue helps keep this site free for visitors. We do not control what those tools charge or what shows up in their results.