What Lebanon County Court Dockets Show
A docket is the court's chronological case summary. In Lebanon County, a public docket may show the case caption, docket number, judge, filing date, parties, counsel, hearing events, charge rows, bail activity, financials, dispositions, sentencing entries, and documents filed by the court, attorney, or party. It helps readers see the procedural path without assuming every filed document is available online.
Common Pleas docket numbers use formats such as CP-38-CR-0000430-2023. The CP marks Common Pleas, 38 identifies Lebanon County, CR marks a criminal docket, and the final segment is the year. Magisterial District Judge traffic dockets can use formats such as MJ-52303-TR-0002858-2025, with 52 tied to Lebanon Judicial District and TR tied to traffic.
Find Lebanon County Dockets Online
UJS Case Search is the main online source for Lebanon County court dockets. It covers many Court of Common Pleas, Magisterial District, traffic, criminal, and appellate docket sheets. The portal supports searches by docket number, participant name, complaint number, citation number, OTN, date filed, calendar event, and other identifiers.
- Open UJS Case Search and select the search type that best matches the information already known.
- Set County to Lebanon or Judicial District to Lebanon - 52 when those filters are available.
- For an MDJ case, choose the MDJ office if the citation or lower-court docket identifies the issuing court.
- Open the docket sheet and review the calendar events, entries, charges, disposition, and financial sections.
- For document copies, contact the Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, Register of Wills, or MDJ office that holds the case file.
The manifest image from the Lebanon County criminal jury trial list shows a local docket-related page with courtroom and case activity details.
That county list is narrower than UJS, but it gives useful current scheduling context for criminal jury trial settings.
Sample Lebanon County Docket Entry
The sample Common Pleas criminal docket reviewed in the research, CP-38-CR-0000430-2023, showed the kind of docket inventory that can appear in a public UJS record. Not every docket has each field, and sealed or limited-access entries may be hidden. Still, the field groups below are the practical reading order for Lebanon County court dockets.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Header | Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County, division, docket number, judge, OTN, issuing authority, county, case status, and status date. |
| Case information | Date filed, initiation date, originating docket, final issuing authority, arresting officer, incident number, township, and complaint date. |
| Calendar events | Event type, scheduled date, start time, courtroom, judge, and schedule status. |
| Bail | Bail action, date, type, originating court, amount, surety, security type, and posting status. |
| Charges | Sequence, grade, statute, offense description, offense date, and OTN. |
| Entries | Filed date, document date, filing party, service status, issue date, and entry sequence. |
Lebanon County Courts With Dockets
The Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas is the 52nd Judicial District and handles felony criminal cases after preliminary proceedings, major civil cases, family matters, custody, divorce, PFA, juvenile matters, and appeals from Magisterial District Judges. Its public docket sheets are often visible through UJS, while civil and family file access may require the Prothonotary.
Magisterial District Courts create many first-level docket entries for traffic, summary offenses, preliminary arraignments, preliminary hearings, landlord-tenant filings, and smaller civil claims. Lebanon County has six district judge contact points listed in the research, including offices at 502 State Drive, 138 W. Walnut Street in Cleona, 325 S. Railroad Street in Palmyra, 728 E. Walnut Street, and 1720 State Route 72 North.
- Court of Common Pleas dockets cover criminal, civil, family, juvenile, and appeal activity.
- Magisterial District Court dockets cover traffic citations, summary cases, preliminary criminal stages, and smaller civil matters.
- Orphans' Court docket access is tied to the Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans' Court for public probate matters.
- Appellate docket searches may appear through UJS when a Lebanon County case moves to an appellate court.
The image from the Pennsylvania Magisterial District Judge search page connects Lebanon County court dockets to the lower-court offices that generate many first docket events.
MDJ details matter because a traffic or preliminary criminal docket may start there before any Common Pleas docket exists.
Lebanon County Docket vs Case Record
A docket is a structured summary. A case record is the broader court file. The docket may tell a reader that an information was filed, a motion was scheduled, bail was posted, or a sentence was entered. The file may contain the document itself, proof of service, attachments, exhibits, orders, and materials that are not shown in full online.
| Docket | Full Case Record | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Chronological list of public case events and fields. | Filed documents, orders, pleadings, petitions, notices, and attachments. |
| Access route | Often free through UJS Case Search. | May require the Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, Register, MDJ office, or copy fees. |
| Use | Track status, hearing dates, filings, charge rows, and outcomes. | Review legal claims, court orders, certified copies, and filed documents. |
For a broader view of all filing offices and case types, use the Lebanon County court records overview.
Read Lebanon County Court Dockets
Start with the court name and docket number. A Common Pleas criminal docket means the case is in the county trial court, while an MJ docket usually points to a Magisterial District Judge. Next, review the case status and calendar events. A scheduled event can show arraignment, call of the list, criminal jury trial, motion, pre-trial conference, preliminary hearing, sentencing, or a moved or continued setting.
Then read the entries and disposition fields. Observed entries in the sample docket included Bail Posted, Bail Set, Notice: Three Date Letter, Original Papers Received from Lower Court, and Information Filed. A disposition is the outcome of a case or charge. A sentence field can show sentence date, sentencing judge, sentence type, incarceration or diversion period, credit for time served, and conditions.
Note: A docket can show a charge or event without proving the full final outcome of every count.
Lebanon County Docket Copy Requests
A docket sheet is often enough to identify the right office, but it is not always enough for legal use. Certified copies and document copies come from the record custodian. Civil, family, protection from abuse, judgment, lien, and MDJ civil appeal files route to the Prothonotary in Room 104. Criminal and juvenile Common Pleas files route to the Clerk of Courts in Room 102. Probate, estate, guardianship, adoption, inheritance-tax, and marriage-license records route to the Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans' Court in Room 105.
When asking for a docket-related copy, provide the docket number, party name, record type, approximate filing date, and the specific document or docket entry needed. For a criminal case, the OTN, complaint number, or originating MDJ docket can help the Clerk of Courts match lower-court and Common Pleas activity. For a civil or family matter, the Prothonotary may need the party names and case type if the docket number is not known.
| Office | Room / Phone | Docket or File Type |
|---|---|---|
| Prothonotary | Room 104, 717-228-4418 | Civil, family, PFA, judgments, liens, and civil appeals. |
| Clerk of Courts | Room 102, 717-228-4419 | Criminal and juvenile Common Pleas files unless restricted by law. |
| Register / Clerk of Orphans' Court | Room 105, 717-228-4415 | Probate, estates, guardianships, adoptions, inheritance tax, and marriage records. |
| Court Administration | Room 311, 717-228-4440 | Administrative court scheduling, jury information, ADA forms, and interpreter forms. |