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Judicial Code

Pennsylvania · Judiciary and Judicial Procedure · §§ 42-101 to 42-9914 · 972 sections

Overview

The Judicial Code organizes Pennsylvania's minor and specialized trial courts, setting out the structure, jurisdiction, and operating rules for community courts, the Philadelphia Municipal Court, the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court, traffic courts, and magisterial district judges. It authorizes the creation, discontinuance, and classification of these courts and districts, fixes their seats and offices, and defines the powers of the judges and magistrates who preside over them, along with supporting officers such as masters, hearing officers, and substitute arraignment court magistrates. It also addresses administrative and procedural matters incidental to those courts, including venue, docketing and signatures, official seals, and the lien effect of their judgments.

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