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SUBCHAPTER B
ORGANIZATION OF COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS
Sec.
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.
§ 911. Courts of common pleas.
(a) General rule.--There shall be one court of common pleas
for each judicial district of this Commonwealth consisting of
the following number of judges:
Number of
Judicial District Judges
First 93
Second 15
Third 8
Fourth 1
Fifth 43
Sixth 9
Seventh 13
Eighth 3
Ninth 5
Tenth 11
Eleventh 10
Twelfth 8
Thirteenth 2
Fourteenth 5
Fifteenth 14
Sixteenth 3
Seventeenth 2
Eighteenth 1
Nineteenth 14
Twentieth 1
Twenty-first 6
Twenty-second 1
Twenty-third 13
Twenty-fourth 5
Twenty-fifth 2
Twenty-sixth 2
Twenty-seventh 6
Twenty-eighth 2
Twenty-ninth 5
Thirtieth 3
Thirty-first 10
Thirty-second 19
Thirty-third 2
Thirty-fourth 1
Thirty-fifth 4
Thirty-sixth 7
Thirty-seventh 2
Thirty-eighth 21
Thirty-ninth 4
Fortieth 3
Forty-first 2
Forty-second 2
Forty-third 6
Forty-fourth 1
Forty-fifth 8
Forty-sixth 2
Forty-seventh 5
Forty-eighth 2
Forty-ninth 4
Fiftieth 6
Fifty-first 3
Fifty-second 4
Fifty-third 4
Fifty-fourth 1
Fifty-fifth 1
Fifty-sixth 2
Fifty-seventh 2
Fifty-eighth 2
Fifty-ninth 1
Sixtieth 2
(a.1) Interim judgeship.--Notwithstanding the provisions of
subsection (a), the Court of Common Pleas of the Fourteenth
Judicial District shall consist of six judges. This subsection
shall expire upon the happening of the first vacancy on the
Court of Common Pleas of the Fourteenth Judicial District or
January 8, 2002, whichever is later.
(b) Single county districts.--In single county judicial
districts the court of common pleas of the district shall be
known as the "Court of Common Pleas of (the respective) County."
(c) Multicounty districts.--In multicounty judicial
districts the court of common pleas of the district shall be
known as the "Court of Common Pleas of the (respective) Judicial
District." There shall be a separate branch of the court in each
county comprising the judicial district.
(Nov. 26, 1978, P.L.1264, No.301, eff. imd.; July 10, 1980,
P.L.513, No.106; Apr. 8, 1982, P.L.292, No.82; July 10, 1984,
P.L.708, No.150, eff. imd.; Dec. 22, 1986, P.L.1744, No.213,
eff. 60 days; May 13, 1987, P.L.15, No.6, eff. imd.; Dec. 7,
1990, P.L.619, No.159, eff. imd.; Feb. 14, 1997, P.L.3, No.2,
eff. imd.; Dec. 15, 1998, P.L.949, No.126; Dec. 20, 2000,
P.L.742, No.105, eff. imd.; June 22, 2001, P.L.388, No.28, eff.
imd.; Dec. 9, 2002, P.L.1705, No.215, eff. imd.; Nov. 30, 2004,
P.L.1703, No.217, eff. imd.)
2004 Amendment. Act 217 amended subsec. (a). See section 5
of Act 215 in the appendix to this title for special provisions
relating to election of additional judges.
2001 Amendment. Act 28 added subsec. (a.1). See sections 2
and 3 of Act 28 in the appendix to this title for special
provisions relating to election of additional judges and
legislative findings.
1998 Amendment. Act 126 amended the entire section,
effective immediately as to subsec. (a) and January 1, 1999, as
to the remainder of the section. Section 12 of Act 126 provided
that the new judgeship for the fifty-second district added by
the amendment of subsec. (a) shall be created on January 3,
2000, and shall be initially filled by election at the 1999
municipal election.
1997 Amendment. See section 2 of Act 2 in the appendix to
this title for special provisions relating to the election of
additional judges.
1990 Amendment. See sections 2 and 3 of Act 159 in the
appendix to this title for special provisions relating to
judgeships in First Judicial District and filling of new
judgeships.
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