Mifflin County Traffic Courts
Mifflin County traffic citations are handled primarily by Magisterial District Judge offices. Each of the three MDJ pages lists summary traffic and non-traffic matters as part of the court's work. The correct court depends on the municipality or Lewistown ward where the citation arose. This matters for searching, contesting, paying, and calling the right office when a PAePay or UJS search does not answer the question.
The Pennsylvania statute captured for traffic jurisdiction is 42 Pa.C.S. 1515, which defines magisterial district judge jurisdiction, including civil claims up to $12,000 and local lower-court authority.
That statute supports why traffic citations often begin in MDJ court rather than at the Court of Common Pleas counter.
| MDJ Office | Address | Phone | Traffic Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Weston | 103 West Market St., Ste 1, Lewistown, PA 17044 | 717-248-8408 | Granville Township, Juniata Terrace, Lewistown Wards 1-5. |
| Eric Ettinger | 7 Ort Valley Rd, Ste A, Lewistown, PA 17044 | 717-248-2607 | Burnham, Decatur, Derry, Lewistown Wards 6-7. |
| Kent A. Smith | 96 South Main Street, P.O. Box 580, Reedsville, PA 17084 | 717-667-9626 | Armagh, Bratton, Brown, Menno, Oliver, Union, Wayne, Kistler, McVeytown, Newton Hamilton. |
Mifflin County Citation Lookup
Traffic court record searches can use two related statewide systems. PAePay is the payment and financial-obligation search for approved traffic tickets, court costs, fines, and restitution in Pennsylvania Common Pleas and Magisterial District courts. UJS Case Search is the public docket route for case records. PAePay may not show every citation because only obligations approved for online payment display. If PAePay does not show the case, UJS or the issuing MDJ office may still have the traffic docket.
The most direct PAePay search uses the citation number from the ticket. Person searches can work when the citation number is not available, but they may need last name, first name, zip code, date of birth, offense date range, or court type to narrow results. A docket number or payment-plan number can help when a payment plan or court docket is already known.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options or Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search By | Option list | Yes | Docket Number, Payment Plan, Citation Number, Person, Organization. |
| Docket Number | Text | Conditional | Used for court docket search or payment. |
| Build Docket Number | Helper button | Optional | Assists with docket number construction. |
| Payment Plan | Text | Conditional | Used if paying by payment plan. |
| Build Payment Plan | Helper button | Optional | Assists with payment-plan number construction. |
| Organization | Text | Conditional | Used for organization search. |
| Last Name | Text | Conditional | Person search. |
| First Name | Text | Optional or conditional | Person search. |
| Zip Code | Text | Optional or conditional | Narrows person search. |
| Date Of Birth | Date or text | Optional or conditional | Narrows person search. |
| Citation Number | Text | Conditional | Direct citation search. |
| Offense Start Date and End Date | Date | Optional | Narrows citation or person search. |
| Court Type | Dropdown | Optional or conditional | Use the relevant Pennsylvania court type, not Philadelphia Traffic Division for Mifflin County. |
Pay or Contest Tickets
PAePay allows secure payment of traffic tickets, court costs, fines, and restitution to Pennsylvania Common Pleas and Magisterial District courts when the obligation has been approved for online payment. The research states that the maximum payment amount applied to fines, costs, and restitution is $2,500 per transaction. If a Mifflin County traffic citation does not appear in PAePay, the next step is to search UJS by citation number or participant name, or call the issuing MDJ office.
- Read the citation for the MDJ office, citation number, response deadline, and plea instructions.
- Search PAePay by Citation Number or Person to see if online payment is available.
- If no result appears, search UJS Case Search by Citation Number or Participant Name, or contact the issuing MDJ office.
- To contest or plead not guilty, follow the citation instructions and contact the MDJ court.
- Do not pay if the citation instructions treat payment as a guilty plea and the intent is to contest.
- If DUI or a misdemeanor or felony traffic-related offense is charged, expect the case to move from MDJ preliminary proceedings toward Common Pleas criminal court.
- Failure to respond may lead to added costs, license consequences, or bench-warrant or failure-to-appear entries.
Payment limit: PAePay displays only approved online obligations and applies a $2,500 transaction cap to fines, costs, and restitution.
Mifflin County Traffic Records
A Mifflin County traffic court record is the court-side case record for a citation or traffic-related offense. It may include the citation number, offense date, issuing court, charge or offense text, plea, disposition, fine and cost balance, payment status when online payment is available, and court events. If the matter becomes criminal, such as DUI or a misdemeanor or felony traffic-related offense, the record may connect to Common Pleas criminal court rather than remaining only as a summary traffic case.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Citation number | The ticket identifier used in PAePay or UJS citation searches. |
| Docket number | The court case number if a docket has opened in MDJ or Common Pleas court. |
| Offense date | The date range tied to the alleged traffic offense. |
| Issuing court | The MDJ or Common Pleas court tied to the record. |
| Disposition | How the charge or citation was resolved when the court has entered a result. |
| Fine, costs, or payment plan | Financial obligation details if approved for online payment or shown in court records. |
| Bail or criminal events | Possible docket data when the matter is traffic-related but criminal in grade. |
Traffic Court vs Driver Record
The court traffic record and the PennDOT driver record are separate files. The court record is kept through the MDJ or UJS court system and explains the citation case. The driver record is maintained by PennDOT and reflects license status, convictions reported to PennDOT, points, suspensions, CDL consequences, and driver-history items. Correcting one record may not automatically correct the other without the proper court or PennDOT process.
| Record Type | Source | What It Shows | How to Access or Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Court traffic record | MDJ court, UJS, or Common Pleas if the case moves up. | Citation, docket, court events, plea, disposition, fine, costs, and payment status. | Use PAePay, UJS, or the issuing MDJ court. |
| State driver record | PennDOT. | License status, convictions reported to PennDOT, points, suspensions, CDL effects, and driver history. | Use PennDOT driver-record channels or PennDOT correction procedures. |
Note: The Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts are not the source for a PennDOT driver record.
Mifflin County DUI Records
Traffic-related criminal offenses need a different route from a routine ticket payment search. DUI or a misdemeanor or felony traffic-related offense may start with MDJ preliminary proceedings and then move to the Court of Common Pleas criminal docket if held for court. UJS may show charges, OTN, bail, court events, disposition, sentence, fines, costs, and restitution if the case is public. For the full case path, use the Mifflin County criminal court records page.
Commercial driver consequences also belong in the driver-record category, not just the MDJ court file. The research confirms PennDOT driver records are the source for license status, points, suspensions, CDL consequences, and driver-history items. The court docket may explain the charge or disposition that led to reporting, but PennDOT maintains the license record.
The Pennsylvania State Police Megan's Law registry image is assigned to this traffic records page and illustrates a separate statewide public-record system that should not be confused with traffic dockets or driver history.
That distinction reinforces the main traffic-record point: statewide registries, court dockets, and driver records each have different custodians and purposes.
Mifflin County Traffic Access
Traffic court records follow the same basic public-access framework as other Pennsylvania court records. The UJS public-access policy governs public case records and redaction of confidential information. Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law can apply to agency records outside the judicial case-file system, but court case records are handled through judicial public-access policy. UJS also states that docket sheets should not be used as criminal-history background checks.
Some traffic-linked information may be restricted or routed elsewhere. Juvenile court records are limited by 42 Pa.C.S. 6307. Expunged or limited-access criminal records should not be described as available through a normal public lookup. Driver-history data belongs with PennDOT, not the county court. A public PAePay result means an approved financial obligation is visible for payment, not that every part of the court file or license record is public.
- Citation number
- The ticket identifier used to search PAePay or UJS.
- Disposition
- The court's recorded outcome for a citation or charge.
- Payment plan
- A court financial arrangement that may be searched in PAePay when approved for online payment.
- Driver record
- PennDOT's license and driver-history record, separate from the court case file.
Mifflin County Traffic Fees
The traffic research provides a confirmed online payment rule, not a full local copy-fee table. PAePay displays approved court financial obligations and allows secure payment of traffic tickets, court costs, fines, and restitution to Common Pleas and Magisterial District courts. The confirmed online maximum is $2,500 per transaction for fines, costs, and restitution. Exact copy fees for traffic records were not provided in the traffic research section and should not be invented.
| Item | Research-Supported Amount or Status |
|---|---|
| PAePay online transaction maximum | $2,500 applied to fines, costs, and restitution per transaction. |
| Approved online traffic ticket payment | Displays only when the court obligation is approved for online payment. |
| Common Pleas or MDJ financial obligations | May include traffic tickets, court costs, fines, or restitution. |
| Traffic record copy fees | No exact traffic-copy fee table was provided in the assigned research. |
| PennDOT driver record fee | Not provided in the assigned Mifflin traffic research. |
Mifflin County Traffic Context
Mifflin County's traffic court routing is local because the three MDJ offices divide coverage by township, borough, and Lewistown ward. It is also statewide because PAePay and UJS are Pennsylvania systems. That blend explains why a citation search can start online but still require a call to the correct MDJ. The citation itself remains the best source for the court, response deadline, plea options, and citation number.
The U.S. Census Mifflin County QuickFacts image assigned to the traffic page gives local context for the county served by the three MDJ districts.
Local population and geography do not change a citation deadline, but they help explain why traffic matters are split among multiple local court offices.
Note: No local defensive-driving, deferred adjudication, parking portal, or photo-enforcement program was documented in the assigned Mifflin County traffic research.