35 Pa.C.S. § 5304.2: Addressing authorities.

Each addressing authority in this Commonwealth shall have the following powers and duties related to the 911 system:

(1) To issue new addresses in compliance with next generation 911 standards.

(2) To provide new addresses to counties in a timely manner to assist with provisioning new addresses into the next generation 911 system and to assist first responders with locating a site and structure. If an addressing authority is unable to provide the county addresses in a timely manner, the addressing authority shall consider assigning the authority to assign addresses to the county. The county and existing addressing authority shall develop processes and agreements to assign and share address data.

(3) If a property is readdressed, the property shall be assigned an address in compliance with NG911 standards.