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Pennsylvania · Through 2026-07-23 (Statute Update stamp, 16 Pa.C.S.)

16 Pa.C.S. § 16116: Right to build on public squares.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 16 - COUNTIES
  2. PART IV COUNTIES OF THE SECOND CLASS A THROUGH EIGHTH CLASS
  3. CHAPTER 161 GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS
  4. SUBCHAPTER C ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION OR ALTERATION OF COUNTY BUILDINGS

If the courthouse or other building of the county is located upon a public square or common in the city, borough or town then being the county seat, and a new building is authorized and required to be erected, in place of the courthouse or other building, the county commissioners may erect a new building upon any other of the public squares or commons of the city, borough or town, or upon any part thereof.

Collected 2026-09-02T16:31:18Z. Source file · JSON

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