Pennsylvania § 1751 - Costs of confinement.
Full text of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes § 1751 — Costs of confinement., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1751. Costs of confinement.
(a) Liability of cities.--
(1) When an inmate is committed to any county correctional institution in this Commonwealth either for the nonpayment of a fine or penalty imposed for the violation of any city ordinance or while awaiting a hearing upon any charge for the violation of any city ordinance, the costs of proceedings and the expenses of maintaining the inmate during his confinement by virtue of the commitment shall be borne and paid by the city whose ordinance was alleged to have been violated or to which any such fines or penalties are payable.
(2) The county in which the city is located shall not be liable to the sheriff for any such maintenance or to any officer, magistrate or person for any costs of such proceedings.
(b) Nonapplicability.--This section does not apply to a city of the third class.
Source: official Pennsylvania text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 1751 ("Costs of confinement.") is part of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, the codified statutory law of Pennsylvania. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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