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42 PA Cons Stat § 743 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 7 - Jurisdiction of Appellate Courts|Section 743 - Commerce court program

§ 743. Commerce court program. (a) Appeals.--The Superior Court may establish from available funds a commerce court program that shall have specialized jurisdiction. In a commerce court program established under this section, the specialized jurisdiction of appeals relating to the following matters may be vested in the program:  (1) The internal affairs, governance, dissolution, liquidation, rights or obligations between or among owners and liability or indemnity of managers of business corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, professional associations, business trusts, joint ventures or other business enterprises, including any actions involving the interpretation of the rights or obligations under the organic law, articles of incorporation, bylaws or agreements governing these enterprises.  (2) Disputes between or among two or more business enterprises relating to a transaction, business relationship or contract.  (b) Rules.--The court may adopt rules for the administration of the program established under this section. The rules may not be inconsistent with this section or any rule established by the Supreme Court.  (c) Jurisdiction.--Nothing under this section shall be construed to affect the jurisdiction of an appellate court as provided by law other than this section.  (Nov. 3, 2020, P.L.1090, No.111, eff. 60 days)   2020 Amendment. Act 111 added section 743.
42 PA Cons Stat § 763 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 7 - Jurisdiction of Appellate Courts|Section 763 - Direct appeals from government agencies

 § 763. Direct appeals from government agencies. (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (c), the Commonwealth Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of appeals from final orders of government agencies in the following cases:  (1) All appeals from Commonwealth agencies under Subchapter A of Chapter 7 of Title 2 (relating to judicial review of Commonwealth agency action) or otherwise and including appeals from the Board of Claims, the Environmental Hearing Board, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review and from any other Commonwealth agency having Statewide jurisdiction.  (2) All appeals jurisdiction of which is vested in the Commonwealth Court by any statute hereafter enacted.  (b) Awards of arbitrators.--The Commonwealth Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all petitions for review of an award of arbitrators appointed in conformity with statute to arbitrate a dispute between the Commonwealth and an employee of the Commonwealth. The petition for review shall be deemed an appeal from a government unit for the purposes of section 723 (relating to appeals from Commonwealth Court) and Chapter 55 (relating to limitation of time).  (c) Exceptions.--The Commonwealth Court shall not have jurisdiction of such classes of appeals from government agencies as are:  (1) By section 725 (relating to direct appeals from constitutional and judicial agencies) within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.  (2) By section 933 (relating to appeals from government agencies) within the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of common pleas.  (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; May 15, 1998, P.L.358, No.57, eff. 180 days)    1998 Amendment. Act 57 amended subsec. (a).  Cross References. Section 763 is referred to in section 1204 of Title 4 (Amusements); section 8533.1 of Title 24 (Education); section 8157 of Title 35 (Health and Safety); section 2309 of Title 58 (Oil and Gas); sections 531, 1725 of Title 62 (Procurement); section 5953.1 of Title 71 (State Government); sections 1553, 1554, 1556 of Title 75 (Vehicles).
42 PA Cons Stat § 764 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 7 - Jurisdiction of Appellate Courts|Section 764 - Election contests and other matters

§ 764. Election contests and other matters. The Commonwealth Court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of: (1) Contested nominations and elections of the second class under the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the "Pennsylvania Election Code."  (2) All matters arising in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth relating to Statewide office, except nomination and election contests within the jurisdiction of another tribunal.   (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days)   1978 Amendment. Act 53 added section 764.
42 PA Cons Stat § 912 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 9 - Organization and Jurisdiction of Courts of Common Pleas|Section 912 - Powers of courts of common pleas

§ 912. Powers of courts of common pleas. Every court of common pleas shall have power to issue, under its judicial seal, every lawful writ and process to or to be served or enforced by system and related personnel as such courts have been heretofore authorized by law or usage to issue. Every judge of a court of common pleas shall have all the powers of a judge or magisterial district judge of the minor judiciary.  (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)   2004 Amendment. See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.
42 PA Cons Stat § 913 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 9 - Organization and Jurisdiction of Courts of Common Pleas|Section 913 - Seats of courts

§ 913. Seats of courts. The regular sessions of each court of common pleas shall be held at the county seat of each county comprising the judicial district and elsewhere as prescribed by general rule or rule of court.
42 PA Cons Stat § 914 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 9 - Organization and Jurisdiction of Courts of Common Pleas|Section 914 - Reimbursement for common pleas court costs

§ 914. Reimbursement for common pleas court costs. For the purposes of reimbursement for common pleas court judge authorized positions, no county shall receive less than 77.5% of the actual reimbursement for court costs provided to them from funds appropriated for the fiscal year July 1, 1980, to June 30, 1981.   (Dec. 20, 2000, P.L.742, No.105, eff. 60 days)   2000 Amendment. Act 105 added section 914.  Cross References. Section 914 is referred to in section 915 of this title.
42 PA Cons Stat § 915 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 9 - Organization and Jurisdiction of Courts of Common Pleas|Section 915 - Proportional reduction

§ 915. Proportional reduction. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 914 (relating to reimbursement for common pleas court costs), in the event that the total county court reimbursement qualifying for payment for any calendar year exceeds the amount appropriated by the General Assembly for such purpose, the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania shall proportionally reduce the amount of reimbursement for every county so that the total of all reimbursements does not exceed the amount appropriated.   (July 17, 2007, P.L.123, No.37, eff. 60 days)   2007 Amendment. Act 37 added section 915.
42 PA Cons Stat § 916.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 9 - Organization and Jurisdiction of Courts of Common Pleas|Section 916.1 - Commerce courts

§ 916.1. Commerce courts. (a) Establishment.--The court of common pleas of a judicial district may establish from available funds a commerce court that shall have specialized jurisdiction. In a court of common pleas that has established a commerce court under this section, the exclusive jurisdiction of cases relating to the following matters may be vested in the commerce court:  (1) The internal affairs, governance, dissolution, liquidation, rights or obligations between or among owners and liability or indemnity of managers of business corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, professional associations, business trusts, joint ventures or other business enterprises, including any actions involving the interpretation of the rights or obligations under the organic law, articles of incorporation, bylaws or agreements governing these enterprises.  (2) Disputes between or among two or more business enterprises relating to a transaction, business relationship or contract.  (b) Rules.--The court may adopt local rules for the administration of commerce courts established under this section. The local rules may not be inconsistent with this section or any rule established by the Supreme Court.  (c) Statewide commerce courts coordinator.--To the extent that funds are available, the Supreme Court may appoint a Statewide commerce courts coordinator. The coordinator may:  (1) Encourage and assist in the establishment of commerce courts in each judicial district. (2) Develop model guidelines for the administration of commerce courts and their related services.  (3) Establish procedures for monitoring commerce courts and for evaluating the effectiveness of commerce courts.  (d) Advisory committee.--The Supreme Court may establish, from available funds, an interdisciplinary and interbranch advisory committee to advise and assist the Statewide commerce courts coordinator in monitoring and administrating commerce courts Statewide.  (Nov. 3, 2020, P.L.1090, No.111, eff. 60 days)   2020 Amendment. Act 111 added section 916.1.
42 PA Cons Stat § 931 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 9 - Organization and Jurisdiction of Courts of Common Pleas|Section 931 - Original jurisdiction and venue

 § 931. Original jurisdiction and venue. (a) General rule.--Except where exclusive original jurisdiction of an action or proceeding is by statute or by general rule adopted pursuant to section 503 (relating to reassignment of matters) vested in another court of this Commonwealth, the courts of common pleas shall have unlimited original jurisdiction of all actions and proceedings, including all actions and proceedings heretofore cognizable by law or usage in the courts of common pleas.  (b) Concurrent and exclusive jurisdiction.--The jurisdiction of the courts of common pleas under this section shall be exclusive except with respect to actions and proceedings concurrent jurisdiction of which is by statute or by general rule adopted pursuant to section 503 vested in another court of this Commonwealth or in the magisterial district judges.  (c) Venue and process.--Except as provided by section 5101.1 (relating to venue in medical professional liability actions) and Subchapter B of Chapter 85 (relating to actions against Commonwealth parties), the venue of a court of common pleas concerning matters over which jurisdiction is conferred by this section shall be as prescribed by general rule. The process of the court shall extend beyond the territorial limits of the judicial district to the extent prescribed by general rule. Except as otherwise prescribed by general rule, in a proceeding to enforce an order of a government agency the process of the court shall extend throughout this Commonwealth.   (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Sept. 28, 1978, P.L.788, No.152, eff. imd.; Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, eff. 60 days; Oct. 17, 2002, P.L.880, No.127, eff. 60 days; Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)    2004 Amendment. Act 207 amended subsec. (b). See sections 28 and 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability and construction of law.  2002 Amendment. Act 127 amended subsec. (c). Section 5 of Act 127 provided that the amendment of subsec. (c) shall apply to all medical professional liability actions filed on or after the effective date of section 5.  1980 Amendment. Act 142 added present section 931 and repealed former section 931 relating to the same subject matter.  Cross References. Section 931 is referred to in section 7796 of Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries).
42 PA Cons Stat § 932 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 9 - Organization and Jurisdiction of Courts of Common Pleas|Section 932 - Appeals from minor judiciary

§ 932. Appeals from minor judiciary. Except as otherwise prescribed by any general rule adopted pursuant to section 503 (relating to reassignment of matters), each court of common pleas shall have exclusive jurisdiction of appeals from final orders of the minor judiciary established within the judicial district.
42 PA Cons Stat § 934 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 9 - Organization and Jurisdiction of Courts of Common Pleas|Section 934 - Writs of certiorari

§ 934. Writs of certiorari. Unless and until changed by general rule, the judges of the courts of common pleas, within their respective judicial districts, shall have power, in addition to the right of appeal under section 9 of Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, to issue writs of certiorari to the minor judiciary.    Cross References. Section 934 is referred to in section 102 of this title.
42 PA Cons Stat § 951 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 9 - Organization and Jurisdiction of Courts of Common Pleas|Section 951 - Court divisions

 § 951. Court divisions. (a) Philadelphia County.--The Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County shall have the following divisions:  (1) Trial division. (2) Orphans' court division. (3) Family court division. (b) Allegheny County.--The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County shall have the following divisions:  (1) Civil division. (2) Criminal division. (3) Orphans' court division. (4) Family division. (c) Other separate orphans' court divisions.--The courts of common pleas of Beaver, Berks, Bucks, Cambria, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Fayette, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Montgomery, Schuylkill, Washington, Westmoreland and York counties shall each have a separate orphans' court division.  (d) Judicial districts having no separate orphans' court division.--In each judicial district having no separate orphans' court division, there shall be an orphans' court division composed of the court of common pleas of that judicial district.  (e) Change in size of divisions.--The number of judges constituting a division may be increased or reduced by order of the governing authority.
42 PA Cons Stat § 952 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 9 - Organization and Jurisdiction of Courts of Common Pleas|Section 952 - Status of court divisions

§ 952. Status of court divisions. The divisions of a court of common pleas are administrative units composed of those judges of the court responsible for the transaction of specified classes of the business of the court. In a court of common pleas having two or more divisions each division of the court is vested with the full jurisdiction of the whole court, but the business of the court may be allocated among the divisions of the court by or pursuant to general rules.
42 PA Cons Stat § 953 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 9 - Organization and Jurisdiction of Courts of Common Pleas|Section 953 - Administrative judges of divisions

§ 953. Administrative judges of divisions. Each division of a court of common pleas shall have an administrative judge who shall assist the president judge of the court in supervising and administering the business of the court and shall be responsible to him.   (Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days)
42 PA Cons Stat § 961 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 9 - Organization and Jurisdiction of Courts of Common Pleas|Section 961 - Domestic relations section

§ 961. Domestic relations section. Each court of common pleas shall have a domestic relations section, which shall consist of such probation officers and other staff of the court as shall be assigned thereto.
42 PA Cons Stat § 962 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 9 - Organization and Jurisdiction of Courts of Common Pleas|Section 962 - Other sections

§ 962. Other sections. Each court of common pleas shall have such other sections as may be provided or prescribed by law.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 11 - Community and Municipal Courts|Section 1101 - Community courts

 § 1101. Community courts. (a) General rule.--There shall be one community court for each judicial district of this Commonwealth which has elected to establish and which has not elected to discontinue such a court in the manner provided in this subchapter. The community court shall be a court not of record and shall consist of a number of judges determined by dividing the total population of the judicial district as determined by the last officially reported decennial or special Federal census by 75,000. In any judicial district where the aforesaid division results in a remainder greater than 40,000, the judicial district shall be entitled to an additional community court judge. In no event shall any judicial district have less than two community court judges.  (b) Single county districts.--In single county judicial districts the community court of the district shall be known as the "Community Court of (the respective) County."  (c) Multicounty districts.--In multicounty judicial districts the community court of the district shall be known as the "Community Court of the (respective) Judicial District."
42 PA Cons Stat § 1103 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 11 - Community and Municipal Courts|Section 1103 - Powers of community courts

§ 1103. Powers of community courts. Every judge of a community court shall have all the powers of a judge of the municipal court or traffic court, or of a magisterial district judge, as the case may be.  (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)   2004 Amendment. See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1104 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 11 - Community and Municipal Courts|Section 1104 - Seats of courts

§ 1104. Seats of courts. The regular sessions of each community court shall be held at such location within the judicial district as may be approved by the president judge of the court of common pleas of the judicial district in compliance with general rules.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1105 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 11 - Community and Municipal Courts|Section 1105 - Jurisdiction and venue

 § 1105. Jurisdiction and venue. (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise prescribed by any general rule adopted pursuant to section 503 (relating to reassignment of matters) each community court shall have the jurisdiction which under law was exercised by the municipal court or traffic court or by magisterial district judges, as the case may be, within the judicial district.  (b) Venue and process.--The venue of a community court concerning matters over which jurisdiction is conferred by subsection (a) shall be as prescribed by general rule. The process of the court shall extend beyond the territorial limits of the judicial district to the extent prescribed by general rule.  (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)   2004 Amendment. Act 207 amended subsec. (a). See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1106 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 11 - Community and Municipal Courts|Section 1106 - Lien of judgments

§ 1106. Lien of judgments. A judgment of a community court shall not operate as a lien on real property until a transcript of the record showing a final judgment in the community court has been filed in the manner prescribed by general rules in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county where the property is situated, or in the office of the clerk of the branch of the court of common pleas embracing such county. After such entry the judgment shall, from the date of such entry, be a lien upon real property to the same extent that judgment recovered in the court of common pleas is a lien. No such transcript shall be filed until after 30 days after the entry of final judgment by the community court. No execution against real estate shall issue out of the community court.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1122 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 11 - Community and Municipal Courts|Section 1122 - Seat of court

§ 1122. Seat of court. The regular sessions of the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be held at such locations within the first judicial district as may be approved by the president judge of the court in compliance with general rules.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1124 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 11 - Community and Municipal Courts|Section 1124 - Lien of judgments

§ 1124. Lien of judgments. Judgment recovered in the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be a lien upon property in the same manner and to the same extent that judgment recovered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County is a lien. All such judgments shall be indexed in the judgment index or indices of Philadelphia County in the same manner as judgments of the court of common pleas are indexed.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1125 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 11 - Community and Municipal Courts|Section 1125 - Substitute arraignment court magistrates

§ 1125. Substitute arraignment court magistrates. The President Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court may appoint qualified attorneys who are court employees to act as substitute arraignment court magistrates during an emergency upon a written finding by the president judge that an emergency exists.   (Apr. 13, 1988, P.L.336, No.47, eff. imd.; Oct. 9, 2008, P.L.1352, No.98, eff. 60 days)    2008 Amendment. Section 10 of Act 98 provided that nothing in Act 98 shall be construed or deemed to provide arraignment court magistrates with retirement benefits or rights different from those available to bail commissioners immediately prior to the effective date of Act 98.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1126 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 11 - Community and Municipal Courts|Section 1126 - Masters

§ 1126. Masters. The President Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court may appoint attorneys who are members of the Pennsylvania Bar to serve as masters in proceedings under 23 Pa.C.S. Ch. 61 (relating to protection from abuse).  (Dec. 19, 1990, P.L.1240, No.206, eff. 90 days)   1990 Amendment. Act 206 added section 1126.  Cross References. Section 1126 is referred to in section 62A03 of this title; section 6102 of Title 23 (Domestic Relations).