{"data":{"id":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-911","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"42 Pa.C.S. § 911","heading":"Courts of common pleas.","body":"(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:\nJudicial District Number of Judges\nFirst 93\nSecond 15\nThird 9\nFourth 1\nFifth 43\nSixth 9\nSeventh 15\nEighth 4\nNinth 7\nTenth 11\nEleventh 11\nTwelfth 11\nThirteenth 2\nFourteenth 5\nFifteenth 15\nSixteenth 3\nSeventeenth 2\nEighteenth 1\nNineteenth 15\nTwentieth 2\nTwenty-first 6\nTwenty-second 2\nTwenty-third 13\nTwenty-fourth 5\nTwenty-fifth 2\nTwenty-sixth 3\nTwenty-seventh 7\nTwenty-eighth 2\nTwenty-ninth 5\nThirtieth 3\nThirty-first 11\nThirty-second 21\nThirty-third 2\nThirty-fourth 1\nThirty-fifth 4\nThirty-sixth 7\nThirty-seventh 2\nThirty-eighth 26\nThirty-ninth 5\nFortieth 3\nForty-first 2\nForty-second 2\nForty-third 7\nForty-fourth 2\nForty-fifth 9\nForty-sixth 2\nForty-seventh 5\nForty-eighth 2\nForty-ninth 4\nFiftieth 7\nFifty-first 4\nFifty-second 4\nFifty-third 4\nFifty-fourth 1\nFifty-fifth 1\nFifty-sixth 3\nFifty-seventh 2\nFifty-eighth 2\nFifty-ninth 1\nSixtieth 2\n(a.1) Interim judgeship.--(Expired).\n(a.2) Fifteenth Judicial District.--(Expired).\n(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.\"\n(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.","path":["Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","PART II ORGANIZATION","SUBPART A COURTS AND MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT JUDGES","ARTICLE C COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS","CHAPTER 9 ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION OF COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS","SUBCHAPTER B ORGANIZATION OF COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=42\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=9\u0026sctn=11\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 42 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:33:14Z","sha256":"66ea2a9f4c5c3ce6e6ba24a0a0dc29e467abe7418454ed1c004622490f474513","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-901","next":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-912"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}