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Pennsylvania Public Records Search
Pennsylvania public records are kept by state agencies, the courts and county offices. RecordsDirectory.com lists the official statewide record offices for Pennsylvania and has a page for each of its 67 counties (combined 2024 population estimate: 13,078,751).
🏛 Pennsylvania Record Offices at a Glance
| State vital records office | Pennsylvania Department of Health – Vital Records Source: pa.gov ↗ |
| Sex offender registry | Pennsylvania Megan's Law Website (PA State Police) Source: meganslaw.psp.pa.gov ↗ |
| Courts | Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania |
| Land records | In Pennsylvania, deeds, mortgages and other land records are recorded by the county Recorder of Deeds. |
| Divorce | Divorce cases in Pennsylvania are heard by the Court of Common Pleas in each county. |
| Probate | Wills and estates in Pennsylvania are handled by the county Register of Wills and the Orphans' Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas. |
| Counties | Most Pennsylvania court, land and probate records are kept at the county level, so RecordsDirectory.com lists Pennsylvania records county by county. |
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Largest Counties
Philadelphia County
Pop. 1,573,916
Allegheny County
Pop. 1,231,814
Montgomery County
Pop. 879,190
Bucks County
Pop. 650,131
Delaware County
Pop. 584,882
Lancaster County
Pop. 563,293
Chester County
Pop. 560,745
York County
Pop. 471,240
Berks County
Pop. 439,117
Lehigh County
Pop. 385,655
Westmoreland County
Pop. 350,935
Luzerne County
Pop. 331,379
All 67 Pennsylvania Counties
Adams County
Pop. 107,914
Allegheny County
Pop. 1,231,814
Armstrong County
Pop. 63,679
Beaver County
Pop. 165,540
Bedford County
Pop. 47,643
Berks County
Pop. 439,117
Blair County
Pop. 120,269
Bradford County
Pop. 59,699
Bucks County
Pop. 650,131
Butler County
Pop. 199,341
Cambria County
Pop. 130,108
Cameron County
Pop. 4,348
Carbon County
Pop. 65,743
Centre County
Pop. 159,805
Chester County
Pop. 560,745
Clarion County
Pop. 36,855
Clearfield County
Pop. 78,132
Clinton County
Pop. 37,865
Columbia County
Pop. 66,012
Crawford County
Pop. 82,089
Cumberland County
Pop. 275,516
Dauphin County
Pop. 293,029
Delaware County
Pop. 584,882
Elk County
Pop. 30,124
Erie County
Pop. 267,750
Fayette County
Pop. 123,941
Forest County
Pop. 6,601
Franklin County
Pop. 159,285
Fulton County
Pop. 14,452
Greene County
Pop. 33,960
Huntingdon County
Pop. 43,359
Indiana County
Pop. 82,953
Jefferson County
Pop. 43,367
Juniata County
Pop. 23,395
Lackawanna County
Pop. 216,859
Lancaster County
Pop. 563,293
Lawrence County
Pop. 84,233
Lebanon County
Pop. 145,319
Lehigh County
Pop. 385,655
Luzerne County
Pop. 331,379
Lycoming County
Pop. 113,236
McKean County
Pop. 39,478
Mercer County
Pop. 108,140
Mifflin County
Pop. 45,935
Monroe County
Pop. 166,523
Montgomery County
Pop. 879,190
Montour County
Pop. 18,115
Northampton County
Pop. 322,989
Northumberland County
Pop. 90,027
Perry County
Pop. 46,816
Philadelphia County
Pop. 1,573,916
Pike County
Pop. 62,376
Potter County
Pop. 15,993
Schuylkill County
Pop. 144,523
Snyder County
Pop. 39,627
Somerset County
Pop. 72,134
Sullivan County
Pop. 5,927
Susquehanna County
Pop. 38,100
Tioga County
Pop. 40,698
Union County
Pop. 42,159
Venango County
Pop. 49,476
Warren County
Pop. 37,373
Washington County
Pop. 210,434
Wayne County
Pop. 51,419
Westmoreland County
Pop. 350,935
Wyoming County
Pop. 25,771
York County
Pop. 471,240