{"data":{"id":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-3305","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"42 Pa.C.S. § 3305","heading":"Automatic removal upon conviction or disbarment.","body":"A judge or magisterial district judge convicted of misbehavior in office by a court, disbarred as a member of the bar of this Commonwealth or removed under Subchapter C (relating to discipline and removal of judges) shall forfeit automatically his judicial office and thereafter be ineligible for judicial office.","path":["Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","PART III SELECTION, RETENTION AND REMOVAL OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS","CHAPTER 33 DISCIPLINE, REMOVAL AND RETIREMENT OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS","SUBCHAPTER A STANDARDS OF CONDUCT"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=42\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=33\u0026sctn=5\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 42 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:33:14Z","sha256":"c38dea0601ef3426e1c6b10765626d32ea82e24575100d268d731e89d42dfe55","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-3304","next":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-3306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}