Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas Overview
Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas records should be routed by division: Prothonotary for civil files, Clerk of Courts for criminal files, and Register of Wills or Orphans Court for estate and guardianship matters.
Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas records should be routed by division: Prothonotary for civil files, Clerk of Courts for criminal files, and Register of Wills or Orphans Court for estate and guardianship matters.
List of Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas
Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas records should be routed by division: Prothonotary for civil files, Clerk of Courts for criminal files, and Register of Wills or Orphans Court for estate and guardianship matters.
| Court # | Type | Address | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | Court division | 1 Courthouse Square, Carlisle, PA 17013 | 717-240-6195 |
| Cumberland | Court division | 1 Courthouse Square, Carlisle, PA 17013 | 717-240-6195 |
| Cumberland | Court division | 1 Courthouse Square, Carlisle, PA 17013 | 717-240-6195 |
| Cumberland | Court division | 1 Courthouse Square, Carlisle, PA 17013 | 717-240-6195 |
Court of Common Pleas vs. County Court vs. Justice Court
Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas records should be routed by division: Prothonotary for civil files, Clerk of Courts for criminal files, and Register of Wills or Orphans Court for estate and guardianship matters.
| Court of Common Pleas | County Court | Justice / JP Court | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civil Limit | Varies by case type | Varies by case type | Varies by case type |
| Criminal Jurisdiction | Assigned by Pennsylvania jurisdiction | Assigned by Pennsylvania jurisdiction | Assigned by Pennsylvania jurisdiction |
| Family Cases | As applicable | As applicable | As applicable |
| Jury Size | Court-dependent | Court-dependent | Court-dependent |
How a Case Moves Through the Cumberland County System
Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas records should be routed by division: Prothonotary for civil files, Clerk of Courts for criminal files, and Register of Wills or Orphans Court for estate and guardianship matters.
Criminal flow: Arrest › Magistrate / First Appearance › Indictment or Information › Arraignment › Pretrial › Trial › Sentencing › Appeal
Civil flow: Petition Filed › Answer › Discovery › Mediation › Trial › Judgment › Appeal
Civil, Family, and Criminal Divisions
Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas records should be routed by division: Prothonotary for civil files, Clerk of Courts for criminal files, and Register of Wills or Orphans Court for estate and guardianship matters.
Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas records should be routed by division: Prothonotary for civil files, Clerk of Courts for criminal files, and Register of Wills or Orphans Court for estate and guardianship matters.
Judicial Circuit / District
Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas records should be routed by division: Prothonotary for civil files, Clerk of Courts for criminal files, and Register of Wills or Orphans Court for estate and guardianship matters.
Magistrate and Lower Courts
Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas records should be routed by division: Prothonotary for civil files, Clerk of Courts for criminal files, and Register of Wills or Orphans Court for estate and guardianship matters.
Federal Court Source Screens
Middle District of Pennsylvania is the federal court system serving Cumberland County matters that are federal rather than county cases.
Federal records are not Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas records.
Federal court locations include the nearby Harrisburg courthouse.
Use federal court locations for in-person federal filing and hearing context.
CM/ECF is the Middle District filing system.
CM/ECF is attorney-filing infrastructure, while public record lookup generally uses PACER.
PACER is the public federal docket access system.
Use PACER for federal docket and document access, separate from Pennsylvania UJS.
PACER PAMDC lookup identifies the Middle District case access point.
Use PAMDC for U.S. District Court records.
PACER PAMBK lookup identifies Middle District bankruptcy access.
Bankruptcy records are federal bankruptcy records, not county trial-court records.