Please Note: The City of Hazleton does not possess birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates or divorce records.
- Birth or death certificates:
Please contact The Division of Vital Records in New Castle, PA at 724-656-3100. - Marriage License:
Please contact The Luzerne County Register of Wills in Wilkes-Barre, PA at 570-825-1668. - Divorce Decree:
Please contat The Luzerne County Prothonotary in Wilkes-Barre, PA at 570-825-1745. - Property deeds in Hazleton:
Please contact the Luzerne County Recorder of Deeds in Wilkes-Barre, PA at 570-825-1641. - Tax information of a specific property:
Please contact Berkheimer Associates at, 610-588-0965 (M-F 9AM- 12PM. And 1PM- 4PM at Hazleton City Hall).
The Right-to-Know Law became effective on January 1, 2009. This law, in its entirety, can be found on the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records website.
Requests must be made in writing on the approved Right-to-Know form, and sent by e-mail, fax, regular mail, or delivered in person. No verbal requests will be accepted. A request should describe or identify the records sought with enough specificity to enable the Open Records Officer to ascertain which records are being requested.
The cost for copies of records $0.25 per page, plus the cost of postage. The cost to scan paper copies for the purpose of emailing a response is $0.15 per page. The cost to certify a record will be $5.00 per record, plus the cost of postage. All applicable fees must be paid in order to receive access to the records requested. An estimated fee of over $100.00 must be prepaid.
City of Hazleton's Right-to-Know Policies and Procedures
All Right-to-Know requests must be submitted on the approved form below. The forms may be submitted by regular mail, email, fax or in person. If you have problems downloading the forms, please contact the Open Records Officer listed above and a form will be mailed to you for completion.
Chris Pavlick
40 North Church Street, 2nd Floor
Hazleton, PA 18201
Office Hours:
Monday- Friday
8:30 am – 4:00pm
(Closed on all federal holidays)
Office Main Phone:
(570) 459-4910
Office Fax:
(570) 459-4966
Code Inspectors
Jolene Browdy
Nadine Sist
Jose Melo
Anny Morel-Nin
Victor Acevedo
Jacob Dohme
Please note: Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know law was established for the request of specific records/documents only, and not for answering questions. Questions contained in any Right-to-Know request will not be answered. If you have questions, please direct them to the applicable offical and/or department for a response. Thank you.
Failure to pay invoices for records/documents in response to Right-to-Know requests will result in the immediate denial of any future Right-to-Know requests until payment of any outstanding invoices are made in full.
To appeal a denial of information, please do so in writing to:
Nathanael Byerly, Acting Director
OFFICE OF OPEN RECORDS
Commonwealth Keystone Building
400 North Street, 4th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17120
To appeal a denial of criminal records, please do so in writing to:
LUZERNE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
200 North River Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
Phone: (570) 825-1674