Pennsylvania § 1101 Community courts

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 1101 — Community courts

Pennsylvania § 1101

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 42JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE

PartPART II

Ch. 11COMMUNITY AND MUNICIPAL COURTS

Subch.COMMUNITY COURTS

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Bluebook

42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1101 (2026).

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(a)General rule.--There shall be one community court for each judicial district of this Commonwealth which has elected to establish and which has not elected to discontinue such a court in the manner provided in this subchapter. The community court shall be a court not of record and shall consist of a number of judges determined by dividing the total population of the judicial district as determined by the last officially reported decennial or special Federal census by 75,000. In any judicial district where the aforesaid division results in a remainder greater than 40,000, the judicial district shall be entitled to an additional community court judge. In no event shall any judicial district have less than two community court judges.

(b)Single county districts.--In single county judicial

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(a) General rule.--There shall be one community court for each judicial district of this Commonwealth which has elected to establish and which has not elected to discontinue such a court in the manner provided in this subchapter. The community court shall be a court not of record and shall consist of a number of judges determined by dividing the total population of the judicial district as determined by the last officially reported decennial or special Federal census by 75,000. In any judicial district where the aforesaid division results in a remainder greater than 40,000, the judicial district shall be entitled to an additional community court judge. In no event shall any judicial district have less than two community court judges.

(b) Single county districts.--In single county judicial districts the community court of the district shall be known as the "Community Court of (the respective) County."

(c) Multicounty districts.--In multicounty judicial districts the community court of the district shall be known as the "Community Court of the (respective) Judicial District."