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The Odyssey
The Odyssey
Begins Here
Begins Here
Learn to Navigate
Lehigh County Court’s New
Civil Records Inquiry System
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What is Odyssey?
Odyssey is the name given to Lehigh County Court’s
new computer system which will be used to access
and search for information in the Civil, Family and
Probate records of the Court of Common Pleas of
Lehigh County.
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What is This Training For?
• This is a training program designed to give
members of the general public basic instruction in
accessing Odyssey and navigating and retrieving
Court records using basic search functions.
• This training is for anyone interested in knowing
how to retrieve Lehigh County’s public court
records.
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Instructions for Using
This Training Program
• Please take your time and read all the slides in this
program.
• The text in the light green boxes
is the instructional material written to help you
understand the system. The green boxes will not be
on the Odyssey screens.
• Red Text and/or Underlined Text highlights
important concepts.
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Internet Access Account Password Sign On Screen.
If you are accessing Odyssey from outside the Courthouse via the Internet, you
will already have a personal password. You will access Odyssey through the
Lehigh County Home Page. The initial Odyssey screen that you will see will be
this Sign on Page.
If you are using a public workstation computer in the Clerk of Courts Office, you
will skip the Sign on step and be taken directly to the Records Inquiry Screen.
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Internet Access Account Password Sign on Screen.
For those users
with a password,
simply type your
Lehigh County
issued User ID and
Password in the
correct boxes and
click the Sign On
Button.
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Public Workstations in the
Clerk of Courts
• For those users of the public workstations in
Clerk of Courts or other Courthouse office,
simply click the button on the screen and
you will be taken to the first screen of
Odyssey.
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Hello! Welcome onboard Odyssey. This is the Odyssey Home Page.
You will begin your searching here.
Pull Down Menu
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Step One in your exploration is to choose a RECORDS DIVISION from the pull down
menu.
Pull Down Menu
Selections are:
•Civil Records
•Marriage License
•Register of Wills
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Step Two is to tell Odyssey what type of information you would like to find.
These blue links
are the types of
records that may
be accessed.
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Choose Civil, Family & Probate Case records for docket information.
Civil, Family &
Probate Case
Records is the
general information
commonly called
“The Docket.”
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Choose Civil, Family & Probate Case records for Marriage
Licenses.
Civil, Family &
Probate Case
Records is also
used to view
Marriage License
and Register of Wills
information.
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Choosing Ejectment Search will limit your search to Ejectment Actions.
Ejectment Search
are those filings
dealing only with
Ejectment actions.
Judgments and Ejectments are within the Civil
Records Pull Down Selection. Choose Civil First.
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Choosing Judgment Search will limit your search to Judgment filings.
Judgments and Ejectments are within the Civil
Records Pull Down Selection. Choose Civil first.
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Judgments
Search are those
filings which record
judgments entered
in this court.
Judgments are
similar to liens on
property.
This is Odyssey’s
primary search page.
Please note the navigation aid links on the black bar.
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There are three
choices of
“search by”
criteria.
1. Case Number
2. Party Name
3. Attorney
Information
Clicking a different dot will take you to the
search screen for that search criteria.
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Civil Records
Case Number Search
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This is the CASE
NUMBER search
screen used to locate
a specific case by
“docket number”
such as 1998-c0453.
Note: The Case Number must be properly
formatted with punctuation between the
elements. The number must be typed exactly as
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assigned.
If you know the case
number, type the
docket or case
number in the box
and click SEARCH.
You may LIMIT your Case Number search if
you choose by status or date filed.
This can be helpful with some cases with
multiple counts such as divorce and custody.
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Your case number SEARCH RESULTS page should look something like
this. There may be more than one case listed on this page.
Click the Blue link to view the Register of Actions for that case.
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Register of Actions
The Docket
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Register of Actions
• The Register of Actions is the screen you get after
you choose an entry from the search results list.
• The Register of Actions is what is commonly
called “the docket”.
• It is the chronological listing of events in that case.
• Events include hearings, such as trials and
conferences; other events, such as filing of
pleadings, orders and opinions, and purges; and
financial information.
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This is a Register of Actions for a
divorce.
Use standard Internet navigation
such as scroll bars to view the
data.
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Civil Records
Party Name Search
Individuals and Businesses
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To search by one
party’s name,
enter the last and
first name of the
know party. Middle
initial is optional.
Again, you may
limit by status or
date filed.
Note: You must enter both a last and first name. You may also
search on a Business name using a separate search screen.
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Party Name searches may
give numerous results on the
Search Results page.
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You may be able to use your browser’s Find
feature to quickly look for other criteria on this
page, such as the other party’s name.
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Example of using the browser
find feature to locate a specific
case on the search results page.
Click blue link to
view the Register of
Actions for selected
case.
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Here is the Register of Actions
for the case selected.
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This is the
Business name
Search screen.
Results screens will
be similar for all
search types.
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Civil Records
Attorney Information Search
By Name or Bar Number
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You may also
search by
attorney name or
Bar membership
number.
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Remember you may
limit by status and/or
date on any of the
search screens.
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Civil Records
Ejectment Search
This feature LIMITS the
search results to Ejectments.
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Ejectment search options
are the same as Civil
Cases. Party Name, Case
Number and Attorney
Information.
Ejectment cases are those cases that MAY have affect real property
rights of the parties such as mortgage foreclosures, divorces, etc.
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Civil Records
Judgment Search
This feature LIMITS the search
results to judgments such as
State Tax and Criminal liens.
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Search for Judgments and
liens by Party Name or
Case Number as you
would a civil case.
Click the Inactive and Satisfied Judgments box if
you want to also retrieve past judgments.
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These results are
all Judgments.
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Marriage License
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Register of Wills
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