Access Mifflin County Prothonotary

Mifflin County Prothonotary Office

The Prothonotary side of the Mifflin County courthouse office is the keeper for civil records of the Court of Common Pleas. The office is listed together with the Clerk of Courts because Mifflin County uses one public office page for the split civil and criminal clerk functions. The civil side should be used for complaints, mortgage foreclosures, divorce complaints, custody complaints, PFAs, petitions, motions, court orders, judgments, writs, oaths, road docket entries, eminent domain, and declarations of taking.

Tammy Stuck is listed as Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts. First Deputies are Sue Henry and Holly Bonson, and Second Deputy Leslie Weston is also listed. The office is at the Mifflin County Courthouse, 20 North Wayne Street, Lewistown, PA 17044. Phone is 717-248-8146, fax is 717-248-5275, and hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. From the main lobby, the office is to the left, first office on the right past the elevators.

Mifflin County Civil Records

Civil records at the Mifflin County Prothonotary include filings that start, move, resolve, or enforce civil cases in the Court of Common Pleas. A complaint starts many civil cases. A motion asks the court for an order. A judgment can create an enforceable civil result, often money-related. A writ can direct enforcement or other court action. These records are separate from criminal case files and separate from probate files held by the Register of Wills and Orphans' Court.

• Civil complaints, petitions, motions, orders, and judgments.
• Mortgage foreclosure filings and related civil docket events.
• Divorce complaints, custody complaints, custody modifications, relocation, and contempt filings.
• Protection From Abuse filings and civil PFA costs.
• Road docket matters, including eminent domain and declarations of taking.
• Oaths, writs, court-ordered evaluations, judge-imposed civil costs, and civil bench-warrant orders.

Protection From Abuse records and family filings may include restricted information. A public docket or copy request does not mean every address, minor's name, financial identifier, or family-sensitive detail will be released.

Road docket and eminent domain records are also civil-side records, but they serve a different user need than divorce or custody records. A declaration of taking, judgment, or writ may be searched by party name, docket number, or the document type that created the civil entry. When the requested record is tied to a court order, the Prothonotary is the filing office to contact for the existing civil document.

Request Mifflin County Civil Copies

The research did not locate a separate county civil-copy request form with exact Prothonotary copy fields. A request should still give the office the basic case identifiers needed to locate the file. UJS Case Search can help find a docket number or caption, but official copies and certified civil documents should be requested from the local Prothonotary when the record is a Mifflin County Common Pleas civil filing.

1. Search the docket first if the civil case number is unknown. Use the statewide UJS Case Search and narrow to Mifflin County when possible.
2. Identify whether the case is civil, divorce, custody, PFA, judgment, road docket, or another Prothonotary matter.
3. Contact or visit the Prothonotary with the docket number, case caption, party names, document type, and number of copies needed.
4. Ask whether a plain copy or certified copy is needed. Legal filings, agency use, and enforcement often require certification.
5. Confirm the current fee from the office or the posted fee sheet before mailing payment or appearing at the counter.

Mifflin County Copy Request Fields

A clear civil-copy request reduces back-and-forth with the Mifflin County Prothonotary. The research supports the following field inventory as a practical request checklist, not as a county-published standalone form. Use it when writing to the office, calling ahead, or preparing for an in-person copy request.

Mifflin County Prothonotary Forms

The county forms page is important for self-represented civil and family filers. It lists custody packets, divorce material, expungement items, transcript forms, in forma pauperis materials, and bilingual court forms. The Prothonotary page also says the office no longer accepts passport applications and directs passport applicants to the Mifflin County Treasurer's Office.

The county forms page should be checked before filing because packets and instructions can change.

Mifflin County Prothonotary Fees

The Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts page states that fees increased beginning January 1, 2026 and links a Prothonotary and Clerks of Court fee sheet. The research file marks the exact civil fee table as a gap because the PDF text was not extractable through the browser capture. For that reason, exact civil filing, copy, and certification amounts are not quoted here. The correct action is to check the official fee sheet or call the office before filing or mailing payment.

Mifflin County Transcript Requests

Transcript requests must be in writing to the Court Reporter. The county FAQ says the request must state the court date, case caption, and what portion of the proceeding is requested. It must also include the requester's name, address, and phone number. The Court Reporter then notifies the requester of the deposit before transcription begins. The research lists jjsmith@mifflinco.org for online transcript request contact.

Transcript requests are not the same as Prothonotary copy requests. A transcript is a written record of a court proceeding prepared from court reporting resources. A copy request asks for an existing filed paper, order, judgment, or docketed document. The same case can need both, but the routes differ.

For public-access limits, Mifflin County civil users should separate the docket from the document. A docket entry may confirm that a motion, custody filing, PFA order, or divorce event exists, while the filed document may be redacted, restricted, or unavailable to a non-party. The UJS public access policy controls court case records, and the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law is mainly a route for county agency records outside the judicial case file.

Note: Criminal records and bail paperwork are profiled separately on the Mifflin County Clerk of Courts page.