42 Pa. C.S. § 901

Current through P.A. Acts 2023-66

Section 901 - Judicial districts

(a) General rule.--The Commonwealth is divided into 60 judicial districts, numbered and composed as follows:

First.--City and County of Philadelphia.

Second.--County of Lancaster.

Third.--County of Northampton.

Fourth.--County of Tioga.

Fifth.--County of Allegheny.

Sixth.--County of Erie.

Seventh.--County of Bucks.

Eighth.--County of Northumberland.

Ninth.--County of Cumberland.

Tenth.--County of Westmoreland.

Eleventh.--County of Luzerne.

Twelfth.--County of Dauphin.

Thirteenth.--County of Greene.

Fourteenth.--County of Fayette.

Fifteenth.--County of Chester.

Sixteenth.--County of Somerset.

Seventeenth.--Counties of Snyder and Union.

Eighteenth.--County of Clarion.

Nineteenth.--County of York.

Twentieth.--County of Huntingdon.

Twenty-first.--County of Schuylkill.

Twenty-second.--County of Wayne.

Twenty-third.--County of Berks.

Twenty-fourth.--County of Blair.

Twenty-fifth.--County of Clinton.

Twenty-sixth.--Counties of Columbia and Montour.

Twenty-seventh.--County of Washington.

Twenty-eighth.--County of Venango.

Twenty-ninth.--County of Lycoming.

Thirtieth.--County of Crawford.

Thirty-first.--County of Lehigh.

Thirty-second.--County of Delaware.

Thirty-third.--County of Armstrong.

Thirty-fourth--County of Susquehanna.

Thirty-fifth.--County of Mercer.

Thirty-sixth.--County of Beaver.

Thirty-seventh.--Counties of Forest and Warren.

Thirty-eighth.--County of Montgomery.

Thirty-ninth.--Counties of Franklin and Fulton.

Fortieth.--County of Indiana.

Forty-first.--Counties of Juniata and Perry.

Forty-second.--County of Bradford.

Forty-third.--County of Monroe.

Forty-fourth.--Counties of Sullivan and Wyoming.

Forty-fifth.--County of Lackawanna.

Forty-sixth.--County of Clearfield.

Forty-seventh.--County of Cambria.

Forty-eighth.--County of McKean.

Forty-ninth.--County of Centre.

Fiftieth.--County of Butler.

Fifty-first.--County of Adams.

Fifty-second.--County of Lebanon.

Fifty-third.--County of Lawrence.

Fifty-fourth.--County of Jefferson.

Fifty-fifth.--County of Potter.

Fifty-sixth.--County of Carbon.

Fifty-seventh.--County of Bedford.

Fifty-eighth.--County of Mifflin.

Fifty-ninth.--Counties of Cameron and Elk.

Sixtieth.--County of Pike.

(b) Change in number or boundaries.--Except as otherwise provided therein, any statute amending subsection (a) so as to change the number or boundaries of the judicial districts of this Commonwealth shall take effect 30 days after the entry of an order of the Supreme Court evidencing the advice and consent of the court to the amendment pursuant to section 11 of Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.

42 Pa.C.S. § 901

1976, July 9, P.L. 586, No. 142, § 2, effective 6/27/1978. Amended 1982, April 8, P.L. 292, No. 82, § 1.