openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: UniCourt Pacercaselocator API
  version: '2026-09-22'
  description: 'GENERATED FROM DOCUMENTATION by API Evangelist on 2026-09-22: 47 operation(s) read from 24 public documentation page(s) (each operation names its page in x-source). This is not the provider''s published contract; UniCourt has published no machine-readable contract that the pipeline could find. Engine: local.'
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-provenance: generated
  x-authored-by: API Evangelist
  x-generated: '2026-09-22'
  x-generator: generate-contract-from-docs.py
  x-engine: local
  x-sources:
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/getting-started/structure-of-requests-and-responses
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/getting-started/quickstart-view-and-track-cases
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/authentication-and-authorization/config-your-api-settings
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/knowledge-base/document-orders
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/knowledge-base/case-update
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/knowledge-base/case-export
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/knowledge-base/normalization-docs
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/knowledge-base/pacer-api
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/knowledge-base/handling-requests-callbacks
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/knowledge-base/kb-alpha/alpha-lawfirmtrack
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/use-cases-tutorials/standard-usecase/get-hearings
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/knowledge-base/kb-alpha/alpha-caseimport
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/knowledge-base/kb-alpha/alpha-caseupdate
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/knowledge-base/kb-alpha/alpha-attorneyupdate
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/knowledge-base/kb-alpha/alpha-attorneytrack
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/knowledge-base/kb-alpha/alpha-lawfirmupdate
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/use-cases-tutorials/business-intelligence/identify-top-casstype-lawfirm
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/use-cases-tutorials/business-intelligence/market-share-analysis
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/use-cases-tutorials/business-intelligence/top-attorneys
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/use-cases-tutorials/standard-usecase/locate-cases-by-captiontext
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/use-cases-tutorials/standard-usecase/locate-cases-filed-last30days
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/use-cases-tutorials/standard-usecase/locate-cases-partyname-role
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/use-cases-tutorials/standard-usecase/locate-cases-involving-lawfirm
  - https://docs.unicourt.com/use-cases-tutorials/standard-usecase/locate-cases-involving-product-liability
servers:
- url: https://enterpriseapi.unicourt.com
tags:
- name: Pacercaselocator
paths:
  /pacerCaseLocator/partySearch/civilCourts:
    get:
      operationId: get_pacerCaseLocator_partySearch_civilCourts
      tags:
      - Pacercaselocator
      summary: PACER Party Search for Civil Court
      description: Searches PACER party data for civil courts.
      x-source: https://docs.unicourt.com/knowledge-base/pacer-api
      parameters:
      - name: pacerUserId
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Your PACER User Id
      - name: pacerClientCode
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Your PACER Client Code
      - name: caseNumber
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The case number to search
      - name: lastName
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Party last name
      - name: firstName
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Party first name
      - name: middleName
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Party middle name
      - name: generation
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Party generation suffix
      - name: partyType
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Party type code
      - name: sortParameterQuery
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Sorting parameter, e.g., lastName,ASC
      - name: pageNumber
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: Page number for pagination
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetPacercaselocatorPartysearchCivilcourtsResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    GetPacercaselocatorPartysearchCivilcourtsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
          description: PCLParty
        pageNumber:
          type: integer
          description: Current page number
        pacerReceipt:
          type: object
          description: Billing receipt details
        pacerPageInfo:
          type: object
          description: Pagination info
        pacerSearchResultsArray:
          type: array
          description: Array of search result objects