Pennsylvania Code — 42
Browse 1,262 sections in division 42 of the Pennsylvania code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 101. Short title of title.
- § 102. Definitions.
- § 103. Principles of construction.
- § 301. Unified judicial system.
- § 321. Court of record.
- § 322. Seal.
- § 323. Powers.
- § 324. Sessions and terms of court.
- § 325. Chief Justice and president judges.
- § 326. Quorum.
- § 327. Oaths and acknowledgments.
- § 501. Supreme Court.
- § 502. General powers of Supreme Court.
- § 503. Reassignment of matters.
- § 504. Seat of court.
- § 541. Superior Court.
- § 542. Powers of Superior Court.
- § 543. Seat of court.
- § 544. Additional judges.
- § 561. Commonwealth Court.
- § 562. Powers of Commonwealth Court.
- § 563. Seat of court.
- § 564. Evidentiary hearings.
- § 701. Scope of subchapter.
- § 702. Interlocutory orders.
- § 702.1. Expedited appeals in eminent domain proceedings.
- § 703. Place and form of filing appeals.
- § 704. Waiver of objections to jurisdiction.
- § 705. Transfers between intermediate appellate courts.
- § 706. Disposition of appeals.
- § 707. Lien of judgments for money.
- § 708. Improvident administrative appeals and other matters.
- § 721. Original jurisdiction.
- § 722. Direct appeals from courts of common pleas.
- § 723. Appeals from Commonwealth Court.
- § 724. Allowance of appeals from Superior and Commonwealth Courts.
- § 725. Direct appeals from constitutional and judicial agencies.
- § 726. Extraordinary jurisdiction.
- § 727. Special tribunal.
- § 741. Original jurisdiction.
- § 742. Appeals from courts of common pleas.
- § 743. Commerce court program.
- § 761. Original jurisdiction.
- § 762. Appeals from courts of common pleas.
- § 763. Direct appeals from government agencies.
- § 764. Election contests and other matters.
- § 901. Judicial districts.
- § 911. Courts of common pleas.
- § 912. Powers of courts of common pleas.
- § 913. Seats of courts.
- § 914. Reimbursement for common pleas court costs.
- § 915. Proportional reduction.
- § 916. Treatment courts.
- § 916.1. Commerce courts.
- § 917. Housing courts.
- § 931. Original jurisdiction and venue.
- § 932. Appeals from minor judiciary.
- § 933. Appeals from government agencies.
- § 934. Writs of certiorari.
- § 951. Court divisions.
- § 952. Status of court divisions.
- § 953. Administrative judges of divisions.
- § 961. Domestic relations section.
- § 962. Other sections.
- § 1101. Community courts.
- § 1102. Establishment or discontinuance of community courts.
- § 1103. Powers of community courts.
- § 1104. Seats of courts.
- § 1105. Jurisdiction and venue.
- § 1106. Lien of judgments.
- § 1121. Philadelphia Municipal Court.
- § 1122. Seat of court.
- § 1123. Jurisdiction and venue.
- § 1124. Lien of judgments.
- § 1125. Substitute arraignment court magistrates.
- § 1126. Masters.
- § 1127. Hearing officers.
- § 1141. Pittsburgh Magistrates Court.
- § 1142. Seat of court.
- § 1143. Jurisdiction and venue.
- § 1144. Lien of judgment.
- § 1301. Seats of traffic courts.
- § 1302. Jurisdiction and venue.
- § 1303. Signatures and dockets.
- § 1321. Traffic Court of Philadelphia (Expired).
- § 1331. Traffic Court of Pittsburgh.
- § 1332. Operations of traffic court.
- § 1341. Third class city traffic courts authorized.
- § 1342. Operations of optional traffic courts.
- § 1501. Definitions.
- § 1502. Classification of districts.
- § 1503. Reestablishment of districts.
- § 1511. Magisterial district judges.
- § 1512. Seal.
- § 1513. Powers of magisterial district judges.
- § 1514. Offices.
- § 1515. Jurisdiction and venue.
- § 1516. Lien of judgment.
- § 1517. Salary (Repealed).
- § 1518. Philadelphia Municipal Court (Repealed).
- § 1519. Philadelphia Traffic Court (Repealed).
- § 1520. Adjudication alternative program.
- § 1521. Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition for summary offenders (Repealed).
- § 1522. Notice of summary cases involving juveniles.
- § 1523. Parental or legal guardian attendance required at juvenile hearings.
- § 1601. Court of Judicial Discipline.
- § 1602. Composition of court.
- § 1603. Organization and operation.
- § 1604. Powers of Court of Judicial Discipline.
- § 1605. Seat of court.
- § 1606. Official immunity.
- § 1701. General supervisory and administrative authority of the Supreme Court.
- § 1702. Rule making procedures.
- § 1703. Meeting procedures.
- § 1721. Delegation of powers.
- § 1722. Adoption of administrative and procedural rules.
- § 1723. General supervisory and administrative authority.
- § 1724. Personnel of the system.
- § 1725. Establishment of fees and charges.
- § 1725.1. Costs.
- § 1725.2. Assumption of summary conviction costs by county.
- § 1725.3. Criminal laboratory and paramedic user fee.
- § 1725.4. Fee increases and automation fee.
- § 1725.5. Booking center fee.
- § 1725.6. Countywide booking center plan.
- § 1725.7. Petition for expungement or order for limited access fee.
- § 1726. Establishment of taxable costs.
- § 1726.1. Forensic examination costs for sexual offenses.
- § 1726.2. Criminal prosecutions involving domestic violence.
- § 1727. Budget and financial matters.
- § 1728. Recognition of related organizations.
- § 1729. Conferences and institutes.
- § 1730. Boards, councils, commissions and committees.
- § 1741. Compensation of judges.
- § 1742. Exclusive jurisdiction of Supreme Court.
- § 1901. Court Administrator of Pennsylvania.
- § 1902. Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.
- § 1903. Staff.
- § 1904. Availability of criminal charge information in child custody proceedings.
- § 1905. County-level court administrators.
- § 1906. Senior judge operational support grants (Expired).
- § 1906.1. Senior judge operational support grant program.
- § 1907. Deteriorated real property education and training program for judges.
- § 1908. Child abuse and domestic abuse education and training program for judges and court personnel.
- § 2101. Judicial Conduct Board.
- § 2102. Composition of board.
- § 2103. Organization.
- § 2104. Staff and operations.
- § 2105. Powers and duties.
- § 2106. Official immunity.
- § 2121. Jury selection commissions.
- § 2122. Composition of jury selection commissions.
- § 2123. Expenses, staff and quarters.
- § 2124. Powers and duties.
- § 2131. Minor Judiciary Education Board.
- § 2132. Composition of board.
- § 2133. Organization.
- § 2134. Staff.
- § 2135. Powers and duties.
- § 2141. Boards of viewers.
- § 2142. Composition of boards.
- § 2143. Staff.
- § 2144. Powers and duties.
- § 2151. Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing (Repealed).
- § 2151.1. Definitions.
- § 2151.2. Commission.
- § 2152. Composition of commission.
- § 2153. Powers and duties of commission.
- § 2154. Adoption of guidelines for sentencing.
- § 2154.1. Adoption of guidelines for restrictive conditions.
- § 2154.2. Adoption of guidelines for State intermediate punishment (Repealed).
- § 2154.3. Adoption of guidelines for fines.
- § 2154.4. Adoption of guidelines for resentencing.
- § 2154.5. Adoption of guidelines for parole.
- § 2154.6. Adoption of recommitment ranges following revocation of parole by board.
- § 2154.7. Adoption of risk assessment instrument.
- § 2155. Publication of guidelines for sentencing, resentencing and parole, risk assessment instrument and recommitment ranges following revocation.
- § 2156. Severability of subchapter.
- § 2161. Criminal history record checks.
- § 2301. Appointment of personnel.
- § 2302. Maintenance of adequate county staff.
- § 2391. Short title of subchapter.
- § 2392. Definitions.
- § 2393. Holidays.
- § 2394. Sick leave and annual leave.
- § 2395. Other leave.
- § 2396. Leave following transfer.
- § 2397. County payments for certain leave.
- § 2501. Appearance in person or by counsel.
- § 2502. Certain persons not to appear as counsel.
- § 2503. Right of participants to receive counsel fees.
- § 2504. Letters of attorney.
- § 2521. Office of attorney at law.
- § 2522. Oath of office.
- § 2523. Persons specially admitted by local rules.
- § 2524. Penalty for unauthorized practice of law.
- § 2525. Unauthorized solicitation prohibited.
- § 2701. Scope and purpose of chapter.
- § 2702. Place of filing of documents.
- § 2703. Notice of transfer of functions and duties.
- § 2704. Responsibility for entry, maintenance and certification of data and certification of amicable judgments.
- § 2705. Responsibility for reports to executive agencies.
- § 2731. Prothonotary.
- § 2732. Selection of prothonotary.
- § 2733. Seal.
- § 2734. Office of the prothonotary.
- § 2735. Staff.
- § 2736. Matters or documents filed in the office of the prothonotary.
- § 2737. Powers and duties of the office of the prothonotary.
- § 2737.1. Incorrect debtor identified.
- § 2738. Criminal, probate, estates and fiduciary matters.
- § 2751. Clerk of the courts.
- § 2752. Selection of clerk of the courts.
- § 2753. Seal.
- § 2754. Office of the clerk of the courts.
- § 2755. Staff.
- § 2756. Matters or documents filed in the office of the clerk of the courts.
- § 2757. Powers and duties of the office of the clerk of the courts.
- § 2771. Clerk of the orphans' court division.
- § 2772. Selection of clerk of the orphans' court division.
- § 2773. Seal.
- § 2774. Office of the clerk of the orphans' court division.
- § 2775. Staff.
- § 2776. Matters or documents filed in the office of the clerk of the orphans' court division.
- § 2777. Powers and duties of the office of the clerk of the orphans' court division.
- § 2921. Powers and duties of the sheriff.
- § 3101. Qualifications of judicial officers generally.
- § 3111. Definitions.
- § 3112. Course of instruction and examination required.
- § 3113. Content of course of instruction and examination.
- § 3114. Admission of interested persons.
- § 3115. Certification of successful completion of course of training.
- § 3116. Effect of failure to obtain certificate.
- § 3117. Expenses.
- § 3118. Continuing education requirement.
- § 3119. Rules and regulations.
- § 3131. Selection of judicial officers for regular terms.
- § 3132. Vacancies in office.
- § 3132.1. Reappointment of magisterial district judge.
- § 3133. Commonwealth Court judges.
- § 3134. Community court judges.
- § 3135. Increase in number of judges.
- § 3151. Oath of office.
- § 3152. Tenure of judicial officers.
- § 3153. Retention elections after regular term.
- § 3154. Compensation of judicial officers (Repealed).
- § 3301. Constitutional restrictions.
- § 3302. Additional restrictions.
- § 3303. Additional compensation prohibited.
- § 3304. Acting as collection agent or paid arbitrator prohibited.
- § 3305. Automatic removal upon conviction or disbarment.
- § 3306. Automatic removal upon nonjudicial candidacy.
- § 3307. Automatic suspension of judicial officer under impeachment.
- § 3321. Establishment of community courts.
- § 3322. Discontinuance of community courts.
- § 3331. Power of discipline or removal.
- § 3332. Investigation and hearing.
- § 3333. Recommendation to and action by Supreme Court (Deleted by amendment).
- § 3334. Proceedings confidential.
- § 3351. Automatic retirement on age.
- § 3352. Pension rights.
- § 3501. Definitions.
- § 3502. Financial regulations.
- § 3503. Penalties.
- § 3521. Development of budget information.
- § 3522. Preparation of tentative budget request.
- § 3523. Adoption of final budget request.
- § 3524. Form of Judicial Department appropriation.
- § 3525. List of employees to be furnished.
- § 3526. Release of funds.
- § 3527. Estimates of current expenditures by Administrative Office.
- § 3528. Fiscal period.
- § 3529. Audits of affairs of unified judicial system.
- § 3530. Preparation of requisitions.
- § 3531. Budget implementation data.
- § 3532. Expenses.
- § 3541. Judicial and related account.
- § 3542. Receipts.
- § 3543. Credits to account.
- § 3544. Disbursements.
- § 3545. Debits to account.
- § 3546. Relief from liability for loss of property if expenses not paid.
- § 3547. Restriction on compelling local action.
- § 3561. Money paid into court.
- § 3571. Commonwealth portion of fines, etc.
- § 3572. County portion of fines, etc.
- § 3573. Municipal corporation portion of fines, etc.
- § 3574. Fines in the nature of private compensation.
- § 3575. Criminal Justice Enhancement Account.
- § 3581. Judicial salaries (Repealed).
- § 3701. Pennsylvania Judicial Center (Reserved).
- § 3702. General facilities and services furnished by Administrative Office.
- § 3703. Local chamber facilities.
- § 3704. Local facilities for holding sessions of Statewide courts.
- § 3721. County judicial center or courthouse.
- § 3722. General facilities and services furnished by county.
- § 3723. Other facilities and services furnished by Administrative Office.
- § 3724. County law libraries.
- § 3725. Standards of local facilities and services.
- § 3726. Manner of expenditure of local funds.