Search Monroe County Court Records
Monroe County court records are not held in one database. Civil Court of Common Pleas records start with the Monroe County Prothonotary and the county C-Track system. Criminal, traffic, summary, and Magisterial District Court dockets are searched through the Pennsylvania UJS Case Search. Estate records are kept by the Register of Wills, and active bench warrants are checked through the sheriff's office. That split matters because a name search in the wrong place can miss the record entirely.
The C-Track Civil Search Index supports case, party, docket-entry, document, and judgment-index searches for civil matters. The statewide portal supports searches by docket number, participant name, citation number, OTN, complaint number, incident number, organization, attorney, and other fields. Older civil documents may still be in docket books at the courthouse, while newer civil filings are scanned for electronic access.
- For civil Common Pleas cases, open C-Track from the Prothonotary page and choose the public access entry.
- Use Case Search when a case number, title, status, or filed date is known.
- Use Party Search or Advanced Search when the search is based on a person or business name.
- Use UJS Case Search for criminal, traffic, MDJ, appellate, and many court-date lookups.
- Call the custodian for certified copies, older books, sealed-file questions, or records not posted online.
The Monroe County government homepage links county departments that hold records outside the courts. The screenshot below shows the county access point readers may use before moving to court, sheriff, register, or open-records offices.
Use the county department pages when the record is administrative, jail-related, sheriff-related, or tied to a county office rather than a docket sheet.
Monroe County Court System
Monroe County is the 43rd Judicial District of Pennsylvania. Its main trial court is the Court of Common Pleas, which hears serious criminal cases, higher-value civil cases, family matters, appeals from lower courts, and matters not assigned by law to another court. Appeals from Monroe County commonly go to the Superior Court or Commonwealth Court, with discretionary review by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Below Common Pleas are nine Magisterial District Courts. They handle traffic cases, summary offenses, landlord-tenant cases, civil claims up to $12,000, preliminary arraignments, bail, warrants, preliminary hearings, and similar first-level work. The Pennsylvania court system overview is shown on the Pennsylvania judiciary learn page, which explains the statewide court structure.
Case flow: Magisterial District Court › Court of Common Pleas › Superior Court or Commonwealth Court › Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
| Court | Jurisdiction | Case Types |
|---|---|---|
| Court of Common Pleas | Countywide general trial jurisdiction | Felonies, major civil cases, family, appeals, orders, sentences |
| Magisterial District Courts | Local districts across boroughs and townships | Traffic, summary offenses, landlord-tenant, small civil claims, warrants, preliminary hearings |
| Superior / Commonwealth Court | Statewide appellate review | Appeals from Common Pleas, with government-agency cases often routed to Commonwealth Court |
The 43rd Judicial District site shows the local court homepage, courthouse notices, court hours, calendars, and links for the Monroe County court system.
That court homepage is also the practical starting point for calendars, local rules, forms, interpreter requests, ADA accommodations, and online payment links.
Monroe County Courthouse Offices
The main courthouse for the 43rd Judicial District is at 610 Monroe Street in Stroudsburg. Court Administration, Common Pleas judges, the Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, Clerk of Orphans' Court, and many court services operate from that downtown court campus. The UJS county profile lists the courthouse phone as 570-420-3400, while the Monroe court site lists Court Administration at 570-517-3009.
Prothonotary / Clerk Offices
610 Monroe Street
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
570-517-3370 / 570-517-3385
The UJS Monroe County court profile confirms the courthouse address, public phone line, and business hours for official court visits.
Use that profile when confirming the court campus before an in-person records visit, hearing, or copy request.
Monroe County Court Record Types
Monroe County court records include civil Common Pleas cases, criminal Common Pleas dockets, Magisterial District Court cases, family filings, traffic citations, warrants, marriage licenses, divorce files, Orphans' Court matters, and estate records. Civil files are the Prothonotary's records. Criminal case files and court financial obligations are Clerk of Courts records. Marriage license and Orphans' Court matters sit with the Clerk of Orphans' Court, while decedent estate records are maintained by the Register of Wills.
Lower-court records often move through the statewide UJS portal because Magisterial District Courts use statewide docket access. That means traffic, summary offenses, landlord-tenant cases, civil claims under the MDJ limit, and preliminary criminal proceedings may not appear in the county civil C-Track system.
- Criminal records - UJS dockets show charges, OTN, bail, court dates, pleas, dispositions, costs, warrants, and sentences.
- Civil records - C-Track and the Prothonotary cover complaints, motions, orders, judgments, liens, and appeals from minor courts.
- Family and divorce records - Common Pleas family filings may show dockets while custody, minors, financial identifiers, and sealed parts are restricted.
- Orphans' Court and estate records - Orphans' Court handles guardianship and related matters, while the Register of Wills keeps estate files from 1836 forward.
- Traffic records - MDJ citation dockets are searched in UJS and may be payable through PAePay.
What Monroe County Court Records Show
A Monroe County court record usually identifies the court, case number, parties, filing date, case type, status, and docket activity. Criminal dockets add charge details, grade, OTN, complaint number, arresting agency, bail, hearing dates, disposition, sentence, and financial obligations. Civil dockets add pleadings, motions, orders, judgments, liens, and satisfaction entries. Public online records omit or redact confidential identifiers and sealed material.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Case Number | C-Track civil case number, UJS docket number, or other court identifier. |
| Filing Date | Date the civil complaint, criminal filing, citation, petition, or appeal entered the court system. |
| Parties | Plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, Commonwealth, estate, fiduciary, or counsel when public. |
| Charges / Cause | Criminal statute, offense grade, count, complaint number, civil claim, or probate matter. |
| Disposition | Current or final outcome, such as judgment, dismissal, plea, verdict, sentence, or closed status. |
| Financials | Fines, costs, restitution, civil judgment amounts, payment plans, or balances approved for PAePay. |
Monroe County Court Records Access
Pennsylvania has separate rules for county agency records and court case records. The Right-to-Know Law applies to many public agency records and Monroe County runs an Open Records Office for those requests. Court case records are governed by the Unified Judicial System's case-record policy and by the custodian that maintains the file. In practice, a case record request should start with the court portal or clerk office before a general county open-records request.
Key Statutes:
Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law - public agency records are presumed accessible unless an exemption applies.
204 Pa. Code Section 213.81 - court case records are handled under judiciary public-access policy.
42 Pa.C.S. Section 6307 - juvenile court files are generally confidential with limited exceptions.
18 Pa.C.S. Section 9122.1 - eligible criminal records may be restricted from public access through limited access.
The Pennsylvania Judiciary Web Portal is the statewide access point for docket sheets, PAePay, PACFile, and PAeDocket.
The statewide portal is most useful when the case is criminal, traffic, MDJ, appellate, or tied to a court financial obligation.
Restricted Monroe County Court Records
Public access does not mean every case file is open online. Juvenile records are generally confidential. Sealed records, expunged records, limited-access criminal records, adoption files, many mental-health matters, victim-sensitive details, Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, and minor information are not ordinary public records. Guardianship and incapacity matters may also have access limits even when a public docket exists.
A sealed or restricted filing is handled by the court with jurisdiction over the case. The public portal cannot change access status. A person seeking access generally needs a court order, statutory authority, party status, or counsel involvement. For criminal expungement or limited access, the petition is filed in the court with jurisdiction over the docket, and eligibility depends on Pennsylvania law and the exact case history.
Monroe County Court Services
Official Monroe County pages reviewed did not list a separate drug court, veterans treatment court, or mental health court page with full program rules. The local court system does identify specialized court-related services. Pretrial and DUI Services supervises people as a bail condition, conducts Court Reporting Network evaluations, makes referrals, reports violations, and facilitates the Alcohol Highway Safety Program for DUI offenses.
Juvenile Probation, Domestic Relations, Custody Conciliation, Jury Services, interpreter access, ADA accommodations, the Guardianship Tracking System, and the court's facility dog initiative are also local court service points. These offices affect records because they produce orders, reports, notices, hearings, or docket events tied to Common Pleas and MDJ proceedings.
The Monroe County court departments page shows the court offices that support cases beyond the basic docket sheet.
Use department pages for jury, custody, domestic relations, juvenile probation, pretrial, DUI, and court administration contacts.
Monroe County Sheriff and Jail
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is led by Sheriff Nicholas Cirranello and links the county's active bench warrant search. The sheriff's office is at 610 Monroe Street in Stroudsburg, with phone 570-517-3312. Bench warrant checks should be paired with UJS docket review because docket sheets can show warrant events, bail, hearing status, and issuing court information.
County custody questions go to the Monroe County Correctional Facility at 4250 Manor Drive in Stroudsburg. The county site did not provide a public online jail roster in the reviewed sources. Use facility contact, VINE notifications, UJS docket sheets, and the state DOC locator only when the person may be state sentenced. For more detail, use Monroe County inmate records and the warrant records section from the site navigation.
Marriage Divorce and Orphans' Court
Marriage licenses are handled by the Clerk of Orphans' Court at the courthouse. The online marriage application was offline during the June 2026 transition noted in the research, so applicants were directed to call for an in-person appointment and return three days later for license pickup. Divorce records are Common Pleas civil and family records, searched through civil access and requested from the Prothonotary when copies are needed. Estate files are Register of Wills records, with Landex remote access by subscription and in-office records dating to 1836.
- Testator
- A person who made a will before death.
- Executor
- The person named to administer an estate under a will.
- Intestate
- Dying without a valid will, which changes who may administer and inherit from the estate.
Monroe County Court Records Fees
Fees depend on the custodian and record type. The Prothonotary page links civil and Orphans' Court fee schedules, and the Register of Wills page links current estate filing schedules. Exact totals should be checked before filing because court schedules may include state, automation, or category-specific components. The research confirms these fee examples from official Monroe County materials.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Orphans' Court certified copy of order | $10.00 |
| Orphans' Court subpoena | $10.00 |
| Orphans' Court bond | $34.00 plus listed state and automation components |
| PAePay online transaction limit | $2,500 maximum per transaction |
Read Monroe County Court Records
A docket is a chronological list of filings and court events. A docket entry may be a complaint, hearing, order, motion, continuance, plea, sentence, judgment, warrant event, or appeal. A charge is an allegation filed in a case. A conviction exists only when a plea, verdict, or other disposition establishes guilt. An OTN is an Offense Tracking Number used in Pennsylvania criminal records, while a citation number often identifies a traffic or summary matter.
| Term | Plain meaning |
|---|---|
| Docket | The case timeline kept by the court. |
| Disposition | The current or final result of a charge or case. |
| Bench warrant | A judge's warrant, often tied to missed court or noncompliance. |
| Judgment | A final civil decision or money award. |
| Limited access | A Pennsylvania process that shields eligible records from public view. |
Monroe County Record Limits
Online docket sheets may lag behind the court filing office. UJS warns that docket sheets are not a substitute for a Pennsylvania State Police criminal-history background check and that delayed data, errors, or omissions can occur. C-Track public access is view-only and includes public civil documents the court has published. Older civil documents may remain in docket books until back-scanning is complete.
The court calendars page is a separate source for daily and yearly hearing schedules, and calendar questions go to Court Administration.
Calendars help confirm hearing timing, but they do not replace docket sheets, orders, or the clerk's official file.
Note: Confirm urgent court dates, balances, warrants, and certified-copy needs with the issuing court office before relying on an online result.
Monroe County Court History
Monroe County was created in 1836, and Stroudsburg is the county seat. Its court operations now center on the 43rd Judicial District and the county courthouse at 610 Monroe Street. Local court history is also visible in the records system: Register of Wills estate records date back to 1836, civil e-filing became mandatory for civil legal papers on April 1, 2025, and criminal e-filing through PACFile is mandatory for criminal matters with local-rule exceptions.
Monroe County's nine Magisterial District Courts show how dispersed the county's court work is across boroughs and townships. The research found local routing notes for districts in Stroudsburg, Bartonsville, Brodheadsville, Marshalls Creek, Cresco, Tobyhanna, Pocono Pines, and other communities. That lower-court footprint is why many Monroe County court records start outside the downtown courthouse.
The court language access page confirms no-cost interpreter access for named parties, witnesses, victims, and persons acting in loco parentis in Common Pleas and MDJ services.
Language access is a key local service because court users may be appearing in both Common Pleas and Magisterial District Court proceedings.
Monroe County Court Records FAQ
Where are Monroe County civil court records searched?
Civil Common Pleas records are searched through C-Track Public Access and the Prothonotary. Current filings are scanned for electronic access, but older civil documents may still be in docket books. Certified copies and questions about unpublished documents go to the Prothonotary.
Where are Monroe County criminal dockets searched?
Criminal Common Pleas and Magisterial District Court dockets are searched through UJS Case Search. The docket may show charges, bail, hearings, disposition, sentence, financial obligations, and bench warrant events. It is not the same as a Pennsylvania State Police criminal-history report.
Does Monroe County publish active warrants?
The Sheriff's Office links an official active bench warrant search. A warrant check should also include UJS docket review and the issuing MDJ or Clerk of Courts when the case number or issuing court is known.
Are Monroe County inmate records online?
The reviewed county sources did not show a public county jail roster. County-custody questions go to the Monroe County Correctional Facility, while state-sentenced inmates and parolees are searched through the Pennsylvania DOC locator and VINE notifications.
Which office handles Monroe County probate?
Estate records are handled by the Register of Wills at One Quaker Plaza. Orphans' Court matters, including guardianship and some estate litigation, are connected to the Clerk of Orphans' Court and may have confidentiality limits.
How are Monroe County traffic tickets searched?
Traffic citations are generally handled by Magisterial District Courts and searched through UJS Case Search by citation number, participant name, docket number, complaint number, incident number, or OTN. Payable obligations may appear in PAePay.