{"data":{"id":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-2751","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"42 Pa.C.S. § 2751","heading":"Clerk of the courts.","body":"(a) General rule.--In each county of this Commonwealth there shall be a clerk of the courts for the court of common pleas who shall be known as the \"Clerk of the Courts of (the respective) County.\"\n(b) Multicounty judicial districts.--In multicounty judicial districts the clerk of the courts shall be the clerk of the courts of the branch of the court of common pleas established for the county.\n(c) Philadelphia.--In the first judicial district there shall be a clerk of the courts for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County and the Philadelphia Municipal Court, who shall be known as the \"Clerk of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia.\"","path":["Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","PART II ORGANIZATION","SUBPART B OTHER STRUCTURAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 27 OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS","SUBCHAPTER C CLERKS OF THE COURTS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=42\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=27\u0026sctn=51\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 42 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:33:14Z","sha256":"cf06aac022822c454ac3b2479943c4cecb65417163d917337e0265f47b95ea90","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-2738","next":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-2752"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}