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Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Montgomery County, also known as Montco, is part of the southeast Pennsylvania region. It was created on September 10, 1784, and its county seat is Norristown. Montgomery County is the third most populous county in Pennsylvania with a population of 856,399 residents. The Court of Common Pleas and the Magisterial District Courts provide legal and technical support in all judicial processes that are located within the county.

The Court of Common Pleas is located in Norristown and has five different divisions. It consists of the Civil, Criminal, Family, Juvenile, and Orphan Divisions. The Court of Common Pleas is also responsible for overseeing the cases involving major civil, criminal, family, domestic, juvenile delinquency, juvenile dependency, and probate trials. 24 judges are serving the Court of Common Pleas. There are thirty Magisterial District Courts in Montgomery County spreading across various locations. Some of the Magisterial District Courts are in Limerick, Norristown, Harleysville, Blue Bell, Lafayette Hill, Collegeville, and Jenkintown. They preside over criminal preliminary arraignments, landlord/tenant cases, preliminary hearings, traffic offenses, municipal ordinance violations, and civil claims where the amount in dispute does not exceed $12,000.

According to the 2022 court caseload statistics for Montgomery County, there were a total of 620 new cases filed in the juvenile division of the courts of common pleas in 2022, for formal case dispositions, there were 212 total adjudicated delinquent cases terminated. The total informal dispositions on record was 134. Annually, the Court of Common Pleas juvenile division processes approximately 900 cases, however, the number of juvenile cases filed from 2016 till now keeps dropping. This means that Montgomery County is experiencing a decrease in the number of crimes committed by minors on a yearly basis. The Clerk of Courts (COC)/Prothonotary is the custodian of records for all cases in the county and also provides certification of official court records. The Clerk maintains a computerized index and docket of original cases, court records can be viewed at the office of the clerk of courts or on the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania Web Portal. The public should be aware that domestic relations bench warrants and probate court records are confidential in Montgomery County.

All legal matters are executed in the Court of Common Pleas and Magisterial District Courts. These courts have well-defined purposes, each division and location have different functions and provide a solid foundation for established legal principles for the court system in the county.

Montgomery County, PA - Courthouses

Montgomery County Common Pleas

Court Type: Common Pleas
Street Address: 2 E. Airy St.
Website URL: http://www.pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/individual-county-courts/montgomery-county
Phone: 610-278-3224
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30AM - 4:15PM
Judge: Hon. Thomas M. Del Ricci
Judge Phone: 610-278-3771
Judge Fax / Email: 610-994-2807 
Clerk: Lori Schreiber
Clerk Phone: 610-278-3346
Clerk Fax: 610-278-5188
Parking: Juror Parking is located at the corner of DeKalb and Airy Streets. (open air lot)
Directions: FROM PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE EXIT 326 - VALLEY FORGE:Leave the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Exit 326 (old Exit #24) (Valley Forge), and take route 202 North.Keep driving north onto route 202, the King of Prussia Shopping Mall will be on your left side of the road. Continue straight ahead for about three miles crossing the Dannehower Bridge where 202 will meet with Main Street, Norristown.Make a right turn onto Main Street and proceed down past three traffic lights to where the Courthouse will be at the corner of Main and Swede streets.The Main Street parking garage will be on the right side across from the courthouse. On street parking is available with a two hour limit. Courthouse parking is limited to county official business.FROM PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE (ROUTE 276) EXIT 333 - NORRISTOWN:Leave the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Exit 333 (old Exit #25) (Norristown), go west on Germantown Pike for one mile to Sandy Hill Road (traffic light).Turn left onto Sandy Hill Road for approximately two and a half miles into Norristown. Sandy Hill Road becomes Airy Street. The courthouse is at Airy and Swede streets.Turn left onto Swede Street and proceed down to the next traffic light. This is the intersection of Main and Swede streets.Turn left onto Main Street; proceed about 100 feet.The Main Street parking garage is on the right side of the street and the courthouse parking garage will be on the left side of the street. Courthouse parking is limited to juror and county official business.FROM THE MAIN LINE, I-76 OR I- 95:Take Route 476 (Blue Route), heading north take the exit for Norristown 18B (old exit #7B), at the off ramp make a right turn and follow Chemical Road up to the next traffic intersection of Ridge Pike.Make a right turn onto Ridge Pike and follow west for about four miles until you come to the courthouse.The courthouse will be on your right side of the street. The Main Street parking garage on the left side of the street and on street parking (two hour limit) are available.FROM LANSDALE, MONTGOMERYVILLE OR NORTH:Take Route 202 south past Suburban General Hospital to Johnson Highway (where road becomes one-way).Turn right onto Johnson Highway and go to second traffic light (Markley Street), turn left onto Markley Street and continue for approximately six blocks, until you come to a Conners Used Car lot.Turn left onto Swede Street and follow for seven blocks to courthouse (Airy and Swede streets).FROM POTTSTOWN, OR WEST:There are two basic routes from Pottstown itself.Take High Street eastbound to Limerick where it turns into Ridge Pike (basically the same road because there are no turns).Stay on Ridge Pike through Limerick, Trappe and Collegeville. Cross the bridge over the Perkiomen Creek and stay to the right towards Norristown, where Ridge Pike turns into Main Street.Stay on Main Street in Norristown to the courthouse at Main and Swede streets.Take Route 422 eastbound to the Oaks exit. At the bottom of the exit ramp turn right onto Egypt Road, stay on Egypt Road until it dead ends at Main Street.Turn right on Main Street to Norristown, stay on Main Street to the court house at the intersection of Main and Swede streets.
Public transportation: The county is accessible by car, bus, bike, train, and/or walking and we are committed to making sure everyone has easy, safe, and reliable options. To learn about available transportation options such as carpooling, van pooling, public transit, and biking, visit www.WeAreTDM.comThe courthouse is one block from Norristown's Transportation Center on Lafayette Street S.SEPTA Route 100 Suburban Rail Line, 69th Street Terminal to Norristown and SEPTA's Norristown R6 Regional Line, Center City to Norristown are trains accessible to the Courthouse.SEPTA also has many bus routes that come into Norristown's Transportation Center - Bus Lines 90, 91, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99, 131For further questions regarding these routes and schedules call SEPTA at 610-734-1300.
Forms & Filing: https://www.montcopa.org/262/Forms
Divisions / Services: https://www.montcopa.org/253/Court-Legal-Services
Jury Service: https://www.montcopa.org/292/Jury-Selection
Languages: Multiple
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SchreiberforClerkofCourts/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/montgomery-county-court-of-common-pleas/about/
ADA: Shannon Santos
ADA Phone: 610-278-5936
ADA Fax / Email: ssantos@montcopa.org
About / Additional Info: Montgomery County is the 38th Judicial District of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania. The Court of Common Pleas has a complement of 24 full time Judges. There are 30 Magisterial District Judge courts within the district. The Court of Common Pleas has five divisions: Civil, Criminal, Family, Juvenile, and Orphans.
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Cheltenham

Court Type: Magisterial
Street Address: 117 York Road
Website URL: https://www.philadelphiacriminalattorney.com/montgomery-county/magisterial-district-courts/38-1-03/
Phone: (215) 885-4796
Fax: (215) 884-6530
Judge: Elizabeth McHugh
Judge Phone: (215) 885-4796
Judge Fax / Email: (215) 884-6530
About / Additional Info: Magisterial District Court 38-1-03 is in Jenkintown. The election districts covered within this Magisterial District Court are Cheltenham Township Voting Districts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3 and 4-4.
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Norristown

Court Type: Magisterial
Street Address: 160 W. Germantown Pike
Website URL: https://www.philadelphiacriminalattorney.com/montgomery-county/magisterial-district-courts/38-1-16/
Phone: (610) 279-6226
Fax: (610) 279-2423
Hours: 8:30AM-4:30PM (M-F)
Judge: Margaret Hunsicker
About / Additional Info: Magisterial District Court 38-1-16 is located in Norristown, the county seat of Montgomery County. The election districts covered within this Magisterial District Court are Norristown Borough’s Voting Districts 2-3, 4-1, 4-2 and 4-3.
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Montgomery County, PA - Sheriff's Office

Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

Location Type: Sheriff's Office
Street Address: 2 East Airy Street
Phone: 610-278-3331
Fax: 610-278-3832
Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Website URL: https://www.montcopa.org/397/Sheriffs-Office
Jail/Corrections: https://www.montcopa.org/496/Correctional-Facility
Inmates: https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc//index.jsp
Sex Offenders: https://www.montcopa.org/1520/Sex-Offender-Management
Civil Services & Proceedings: https://www.montcopa.org/399/Civil
Public Records: https://montcopa.org/1422/Open-Records
Forms & Documents: https://www.montcopa.org/411/Forms-Fees
Police Reports: https://www.montcopa.org/DocumentCenter/View/13536/MSCO-Presentation_Recruiting?bidId=
Sheriff: Sean P. Kilkenny
Sheriff Email: sheriffoffice@montcopa.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/montcosheriff
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MontCoPASheriff
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