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Pennsylvania · Through 2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 42 Pa.C.S.)

42 Pa.C.S. § 911: Courts of common pleas.

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  1. Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
  2. PART II ORGANIZATION
  3. SUBPART A COURTS AND MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT JUDGES
  4. ARTICLE C COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS
  5. CHAPTER 9 ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION OF COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS
  6. SUBCHAPTER B ORGANIZATION OF 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:

Judicial District Number of Judges

First 93

Second 15

Third 9

Fourth 1

Fifth 43

Sixth 9

Seventh 15

Eighth 4

Ninth 7

Tenth 11

Eleventh 11

Twelfth 11

Thirteenth 2

Fourteenth 5

Fifteenth 15

Sixteenth 3

Seventeenth 2

Eighteenth 1

Nineteenth 15

Twentieth 2

Twenty-first 6

Twenty-second 2

Twenty-third 13

Twenty-fourth 5

Twenty-fifth 2

Twenty-sixth 3

Twenty-seventh 7

Twenty-eighth 2

Twenty-ninth 5

Thirtieth 3

Thirty-first 11

Thirty-second 21

Thirty-third 2

Thirty-fourth 1

Thirty-fifth 4

Thirty-sixth 7

Thirty-seventh 2

Thirty-eighth 26

Thirty-ninth 5

Fortieth 3

Forty-first 2

Forty-second 2

Forty-third 7

Forty-fourth 2

Forty-fifth 9

Forty-sixth 2

Forty-seventh 5

Forty-eighth 2

Forty-ninth 4

Fiftieth 7

Fifty-first 4

Fifty-second 4

Fifty-third 4

Fifty-fourth 1

Fifty-fifth 1

Fifty-sixth 3

Fifty-seventh 2

Fifty-eighth 2

Fifty-ninth 1

Sixtieth 2

(a.1) Interim judgeship.--(Expired).

(a.2) Fifteenth Judicial District.--(Expired).

(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.

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