Clearfield County Court Dockets
A docket is the court's running list of case events. In Clearfield County, court dockets may show the case number, court office, judicial district, party names, filing dates, hearing events, docket entries, judgments, charge events, bail actions, fines, costs, sentence details, and disposition text when public. A docket can be enough to verify the status of a case, but it is not always a complete file. Motions, exhibits, orders, affidavits, and certified copies may require office contact.
Clearfield County court dockets are spread across court levels. The Court of Common Pleas is the county trial court in the 46th Judicial District. The county also has four Magisterial District Courts in DuBois, Clearfield, Kylertown, and Houtzdale. These lower courts are where many residents first see a docket because MDJs handle traffic citations, non-traffic citations, landlord-tenant matters, small civil claims, summary offenses, bail, preliminary arraignments, warrants, and preliminary hearings.
The manifest source for Clearfield County's Magisterial District Courts shows the four local offices and their lower-court role.
That lower-court structure is why a traffic docket or preliminary criminal docket may be tied to an MDJ office rather than the main courthouse.
Find Clearfield County Dockets Online
The primary statewide source for public Clearfield County court dockets is UJS Case Search. It supports public docket sheets for Pennsylvania appellate courts, criminal courts of common pleas, magisterial district courts, and Philadelphia Municipal Court. For Clearfield County, it is the strongest path for criminal common pleas dockets, MDJ dockets, traffic citations, calendar events, complaint numbers, incident numbers, OTN searches, SID searches, and attorney searches.
- Open UJS Case Search and choose the search type that matches the identifier, such as participant name, docket number, citation number, complaint number, incident number, OTN, SID, attorney, or calendar event.
- Use Clearfield County as a county filter when available, or select Judicial District 46 for local common pleas and MDJ matters.
- If the issuing lower court is known, use the MDJS Court Office filter to narrow the result to DuBois, Clearfield, Kylertown, or Houtzdale.
- Open the public docket sheet and review the event list, filing dates, dispositions, financial entries, and next court dates.
- Contact the proper clerk or MDJ office if the public docket refers to a document or order that is not available online.
The UJS Case Information page also states that PAeDocket is a free mobile app for public case and docket search. It can search by case number, participant name, organization name, offense tracking number, police incident or complaint number, or state ID number. Secure docket sheets and secure calendar schedules have more content, but require secure login and are not the public default.
Clearfield County Docket Fields
Clearfield County court dockets can differ by case type. Civil CountySuite records are strongest for case category, participant category, opened date, status, judgment filters, attorneys, and reference numbers. UJS dockets can add criminal and MDJ details such as charges, offense tracking number, police agency, complaint number, citation number, sentence, bail information, and hearing events. The field inventory below reflects common public docket content documented in the research.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Docket or Case Number | The official tracking number used by UJS, CountySuite, the Court of Common Pleas, or the MDJ office. |
| Court Office | The court where the case is pending, such as the common pleas court or a specific Magisterial District Court. |
| Participant Name | Parties or defendants linked to the matter, with roles when public. |
| Event Date | The date a hearing, filing, disposition, judgment, sentence, or other docket activity occurred. |
| Event Type | The kind of entry, such as arraignment, preliminary hearing, plea, order, judgment, payment, or continuance. |
| Disposition | The current result or final outcome of a charge, citation, civil claim, or case event. |
| Costs and Fines | Financial entries when public, especially for traffic, summary, and criminal matters. |
Clearfield County Docket Sources
Court dockets in Clearfield County are not held by one single search tool. Civil common pleas records begin with the county civil search and the Prothonotary's office. Criminal common pleas and MDJ public docket sheets use UJS. Court Administration provides local policy, forms, and court access context. The individual MDJ offices remain important when a docket entry names a lower court, a hearing, a warrant, bail, or a local traffic citation.
| Docket Source | Best For | Access Channel |
|---|---|---|
| CountySuite Civil Case Search | Civil common pleas dockets, judgments, case categories, participants, and opened dates. | County web search, Prothonotary public terminals, or physical file review. |
| UJS Case Search | Criminal common pleas, MDJ, traffic, citation, calendar, complaint, incident, OTN, and SID searches. | Public statewide portal and PAeDocket app. |
| Magisterial District Court offices | Lower-court file questions, hearing details, bail, warrants, and local citation follow-up. | Contact the issuing MDJ office. |
| Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts | Civil file inspection and certified copy needs for common pleas matters. | Office request, terminals, or physical files if public. |
The manifest image from Court Administration links to the county court administration source for local court operations and forms.
Court Administration is not a substitute for a docket search, but it helps users identify court procedures and local forms tied to docket activity.
Docket vs Case Record
A Clearfield County court docket is an index of events. A case record is broader and may include pleadings, orders, exhibits, filings, notices, correspondence, and certified copies. Public docket sheets often answer status questions quickly. Full case records are better when a person needs exact filed documents, certified proof, or context that the docket entry only names in short form.
| Point | Docket | Full Case Record |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Dated list of events and entries. | File with docket plus available pleadings, orders, and documents. |
| Typical online access | Often available through UJS or CountySuite. | May require office request, terminal use, fee, or direct file inspection. |
| Best use | Confirm status, court dates, charges, disposition, or judgment. | Review filings, prove an order, prepare a legal request, or obtain certified copies. |
| Limits | May omit confidential or sealed details. | Restricted records can remain closed even in person. |
A criminal docket may show the path from complaint and arraignment to plea, disposition, and sentence, while the full criminal court file can contain motions or orders not shown as free images. For a broader case-file explanation, the Clearfield County criminal court records page separates dockets from full criminal case records.
Read Clearfield County Dockets
Reading a docket starts with court level. A docket tied to the Court of Common Pleas is not the same as a docket from a Magisterial District Court. A participant name search may show several cases for one person, so the court office, case category, date filed, and docket number should be checked before assuming a match. Criminal and traffic docket entries also require care because one arrest, incident, or citation can create multiple charges or events.
UJS lets users search by calendar event, which can be useful when the goal is a court date rather than a document. Public calendar schedules show case events in criminal common pleas and magisterial district courts. Secure calendar schedules contain additional search options and participant details, but they require login. That distinction explains why a public calendar can confirm an event without showing every person who must attend.
The manifest image for magisterial district judge jurisdiction links to the Pennsylvania statute used to explain lower-court docket authority in Clearfield County.
That jurisdiction source supports the local role of MDJs in summary, traffic, landlord-tenant, small civil, bail, warrant, and preliminary criminal events.
Note: Recent docket events can lag, so confirm urgent hearings directly with the listed court office.
Clearfield County MDJ Dockets
Clearfield County's four Magisterial District Courts are key for dockets that start outside the main courthouse. District Court 46-3-01 in DuBois is at 309 Maple Avenue and can be reached at 814-371-5321 or 814-371-5323. District Court 46-3-02 in Clearfield is at 900 Leonard Street and can be reached at 814-765-5335 or 814-765-0386. District Court 46-3-03 in Kylertown uses 131 Rolling Stone Road, PO Box 210, Kylertown, PA 16847-0210, and the phone numbers are 814-345-6789 or 814-345-6444. District Court 46-3-04 in Houtzdale is at 251 Spring Street, Suite 3, PO Box 362, Houtzdale, PA 16651-0362, and the phone is 814-378-7160.
These offices are the practical fallback when UJS identifies the docket but a party needs file-specific handling, a local hearing question, or clarification about a traffic, non-traffic, landlord-tenant, bail, or preliminary hearing event.
Clearfield County court dockets also require attention to venue. A landlord-tenant docket, small civil claim, summary case, traffic citation, preliminary arraignment, bail entry, or preliminary hearing may be tied to the MDJ office closest to the event or issuing police agency, not to the county courthouse. A common pleas criminal docket can then show later filings after the lower-court stage. Civil common pleas docket questions can return to the Prothonotary, while lower-court docket questions should stay with the named MDJ office. This prevents a record request from being sent to the wrong counter when the public docket already identifies the court office.