Clinton County Clerk Office
Clinton County uses the title Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts. The county identifies Cynthia A. Love as the elected Clinton County Prothonotary and Clerk of Court for the 2020-2024 term. The office is on the first floor of the Clinton County Courthouse in Lock Haven. The researched county pages list matching row-office hours for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and the shorter Wednesday schedule.
The county says civil and criminal court records date back to Clinton County's origin in 1839. Office staff are responsible for entry, documentation, fee collection, and maintenance of files. That makes the office the local record custodian for Common Pleas civil and criminal case files, while statewide docket views are handled through UJS and fee-based scanned local access is handled through Infocon.
Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts
Officer: Cynthia A. Love
Clinton County Courthouse
230 East Water Street
Lock Haven, PA 17745
570-893-4007
Fax: 570-893-4288
Prothonotary@ClintonCountyPA.Gov
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Wednesday 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
What the Clerk Maintains
The Prothonotary side is the civil clerk for the Court of Common Pleas. Civil filings can include complaints, praecipes, writs, judgments, motions, orders, liens, appeals, and related docket entries. Divorce is also a civil or family Common Pleas matter filed through the Prothonotary. The Clerk of Courts side is the criminal record clerk for Common Pleas cases, including charges, docket sheets, pleas, motions, bail entries, hearings, sentencing orders, costs, restitution, warrants, and dispositions.
- Enters and indexes Common Pleas civil and criminal filings received by the office.
- Maintains case files and docket information for civil and criminal trial-court records.
- Collects filing, copy, certification, and other court-related fees when applicable.
- Supplies local record access when a public docket is not enough to identify or prove a filing.
- Works alongside the statewide UJS portal and the county's fee-based Infocon scanned-document access.
The office should not be confused with the Register & Recorder and Clerk of the Orphans' Court. That separate office handles land transfers, wills, adoptions, military discharges, marriage licenses, Register of Wills work, and Orphans' Court records. A marriage license, estate record, or sealed adoption file should not be requested from the Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts unless the office directs otherwise.
Request Certified Copies
A certified copy is a clerk-issued copy that can be used when proof of a court filing or order is needed. Clinton County research did not locate a public copy-fee schedule in accessible official text, so the fee must be confirmed with the office before ordering. The best request starts with the docket number and case caption because the office has civil and criminal files dating back to 1839 and a name-only search can be less precise.
- Search UJS Case Search first when the docket number, party names, filing date, OTN, citation number, or complaint number is not known.
- Write down the docket number, party names, case type, filing year, and the exact document needed, such as judgment, order, sentencing order, complaint, or docket sheet.
- Contact the Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts to confirm whether the record is public, whether it is stored locally or through Infocon, and what copy or certification fee applies.
- Submit the request using the office's accepted in-person, mail, email, or counter process as directed by staff, with payment in the form the office accepts.
- Check whether the copy will be plain, certified, mailed, picked up, or printed from a local public access terminal.
Note: UJS docket sheets can identify a case, but certified copies must come from the proper filing office.
Record Request Fields
No Clinton County Prothonotary public copy-request form field list was captured in the official research. The request inventory below uses the fields supported by the county and UJS research so a requester can give the office enough information without guessing. A complete request reduces the chance that staff must search by a broad name or return the request for missing detail.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Docket number | Strongly recommended | Use the UJS docket number or clerk file number when known. |
| Party names | Yes | Include plaintiff, defendant, or criminal defendant name as applicable. |
| Case type | Yes | Identify civil, criminal, family/divorce, judgment, or other Common Pleas category. |
| Document requested | Yes | Name the exact item, such as docket sheet, order, complaint, judgment, sentence, or motion. |
| Copy type | Yes | State whether a plain copy or certified copy is needed. |
| Contact information | Yes | Provide name, phone, email, and mailing address for questions or delivery. |
| Identifiers | Optional | OTN, complaint number, incident number, citation number, or date filed can help locate the file. |
Clinton County Clerk Fees
The official sources reviewed did not provide accessible Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts copy amounts. The county research did confirm that Infocon County Web Access is fee-based, and that the office collects fees as part of its file-maintenance role. Because copy and certification costs affect the amount due, requesters should confirm current costs before mailing a payment or arriving at the counter.
| Item | Amount / Note |
|---|---|
| Infocon County Web Access | Fee-based usage; exact subscription or copy fee was not captured in accessible county text. |
| Plain copies from Prothonotary and Clerk | Fee not located in official sources reviewed. |
| Certified copies from Prothonotary and Clerk | Fee not located in official sources reviewed. |
| Search or retrieval fee | Fee not located in official sources reviewed. |
| Marriage license | $40.00, but this belongs to the Register & Recorder, not the Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts. |
The marriage-license fee is included only to show the office boundary. Marriage licenses, wills, estate records, adoption records, and Orphans' Court matters belong to the Register & Recorder and Clerk of the Orphans' Court. Civil and criminal Common Pleas court records belong to the Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts.
Clerk Forms and Filings
The Clinton County court forms page lists form groups that intersect with civil and criminal filings, including custody, divorce, criminal, public defender, diversion, expungement, juvenile, ADA, transcript, and request-for-access forms. Courthouse staff cannot give legal advice, so a form may identify the filing path without telling a party whether the filing is the right legal step.
- Divorce and custody forms relate to civil or family Common Pleas filings.
- Criminal and public defender forms relate to criminal court proceedings and appointment requests.
- Expungement forms relate to Pa.R.Crim.P. 790 and may require docket and OTN information.
- Transcript and request-for-access forms help when the needed material is not a standard public docket sheet.
Online and Office Access
There are three practical access channels for Clinton County clerk records. UJS gives free public docket sheets and calendar events. Clinton County Infocon gives fee-based local access to scanned documents, Clerk of Court docket information, case or arrest documents, and judgments. The Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts supplies office verification, certified copies, and file guidance when a user cannot get what is needed through the public portal.
For judicial agency records not handled through ordinary case-file access, the county's judicial Right-to-Know material identifies Cynthia A. Love, Prothonotary, as the open-records officer for the Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts Office. The Honorable Craig P. Miller, President Judge, is listed as the appeal officer for denials by that office. That channel is not a replacement for ordinary case-file requests, but it is relevant for administrative or judicial agency records that are not found in UJS or Infocon.