{"data":{"id":"us-pa/8-pa.c.s.-201","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"8 Pa.C.S. § 201","heading":"Contiguous areas.","body":"A court of common pleas may incorporate as a borough any contiguous area from one or more townships within the court's jurisdiction having a population of at least 500 residents. After having been incorporated as a borough, the area shall be a body corporate and politic and shall have the name decreed by the court.","path":["Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS","PART I BOROUGHS","CHAPTER 2 CREATION AND ALTERATION","SUBCHAPTER A INCORPORATION"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=08\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=2\u0026sctn=1\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-04-02 (Statute Update stamp, 8 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:30:38Z","sha256":"46be9f5319e3f379aad86cb6b19622429145cc7261aab3a2e864bc840c9cd57d","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/8-pa.c.s.-200","next":"us-pa/8-pa.c.s.-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}