WELCOME: 

Welcome to the Office of the Prothonotary of Butler County.  The mission of this office is to provide accurate recording of all civil documents and to improve, through innovation and technology, our record keeping. It is our continuing goal to operate the office in a cost-effective, accurate, and customer-friendly manner.

IMPORTANT UPDATES:   EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY - AUGUST 1, 2023 - FEE CHANGES - See Fee Sheet link on left side of page for current fees.

         The temporary surcharge portion of the Judicial Computer Project/Access to Justice/Criminal Justice Enhancement/Office of Attorney General (JCP/ATJ/CJEA/OAG) fee that was authorized in Section 1795.1-E of The Fiscal Code, 72 P.S. § 1795.1-E, has expired. 

        As a result, the temporary surcharge of $21.25 on all cases may no longer be collected.       

       ANY FILING FEE IN THE PROTHONOTARY’S OFFICE WITH A JCP/ATJ/CJEA/OAG SURCHARGE IS (TEMPORARILY) REDUCED BY $21.25. 

         Please call the office if you have any questions regarding fees (724) 284-5214. 

        Should you present a check including the prior JCS fee while the surcharge is expired, a new check will be required before the filing is processed. 

                        Overpayments CANNOT be accepted.                                                       

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We will no longer be accepting personal checks as payment for rent in Landlord/Tenant Appeal cases.   Defendants may pay with either cash, a money order or a credit card. 

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Docket Management Software 

COUNTYSUITE PUBLIC ACCESS:  

https://civil.co.butler.pa.us/CaseSearch/

     Effective December 1, 2021, the Butler County Prothonotary’s Office will no longer be using Infocon software.    Anything docketed and scanned after November 30, 2021, will be located on our new software, Teleosoft/County Suite.   The new software will be accessible free of charge for a limited period of time to the user.   Thereafter, access to the system will require a paid subscription.    PFA cases will only be able to be accessed from the public computers inside the Prothonotary's Office.   

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DUTIES:

The Prothonotary’s office is where civil records are kept on a permanent basis. At this office you will find records accurately indexed in terms of name and case number. We became computerized in April of 1993 and began scanning records in April of 2001.

CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS:

The link to make a payment by credit card (allpaid.com) is located on the lower right-hand side of this page.  Our payment location code is a003tp, or you may search for Butler County Prothonotary.   You must have your case number to make a payment.   If you wish to pay by phone, the telephone number for AllPaid is (888) 604-7888.  

SERVICES:   

The services listed below are some of the more popular services we provide to the public.  For a complete list of services with their fees, please click on the link called ’Fee Schedule’.

• Administration of Oaths
• Appeals of District Judge decisions
• Appeals of driver’s license suspension
• Appeals of Zoning Hearing Board decisions
• Civil Action complaints
• Custody actions
• Discontinuances and satisfactions
• Divorce Decrees
• Return to former name after divorce
• Judgments and Executions
• Naturalization records
• No Lien Contracts
• Notary Public registrations
• Passports
• Petitions to for change of name
• PFA (Protection From Abuse) files