16 Pa.C.S. § 502: Commonwealth Court designation of neutral court and appointment of commission.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 16 - COUNTIES
- PART I PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
- CHAPTER 5 FIXING AND RELOCATING LINES AND BOUNDARIES
(a) Designation.--The court, upon the filing of the petition, shall designate a court of a county not affected by the question and not adjoining any of the counties involved to act in the proceeding. The designated court shall sit in the court's home county.
(b) Appointment.--If the designated court determines that the county line, or any part of the county line, shall be surveyed or marked, the court shall appoint a boundary commission, composed of three surveyors or professional engineers licensed or registered in accordance with the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.913, No.367), known as the Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law, to act for the court.
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