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42 PA Cons Stat § 1127 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 11 - Community and Municipal Courts|Section 1127 - Hearing officers

§ 1127. Hearing officers. (a) Appointment.--The President Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court may appoint hearing officers in proceedings under section 1123(a)(9) (relating to jurisdiction and venue).  (b) Code of conduct.--The Supreme Court shall promulgate a code of conduct to govern the conduct of hearing officers and provide for regular audits of the conduct of hearing officers.  (c) Qualifications.--A hearing officer must:  (1) be an attorney at law; or (2) prior to assuming office, complete a course of training and instruction in the duties of the office and pass an examination.  (June 19, 2013, P.L.55, No.17, eff. imd.)   2013 Amendment. Act 17 added section 1127.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1141 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 11 - Community and Municipal Courts|Section 1141 - Pittsburgh Magistrates Court

§ 1141. Pittsburgh Magistrates Court. The Pittsburgh Magistrates Court shall be a court not of record and shall consist of such a number of judges, not less than five nor more than eight, as shall be specified by ordinance of the City of Pittsburgh. The magistrates court shall be the police magistrates authorized to be continued in existence by section 21, Schedule to Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania adopted April 23, 1968. Judges of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court shall be deemed magisterial district judges for the purposes of Chapter 33 (relating to discipline, removal and retirement of judicial officers).  (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 § 1142 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 11 - Community and Municipal Courts|Section 1142 - Seat of court

§ 1142. Seat of court. The regular sessions of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court shall be held at such locations within the City of Pittsburgh as may be designated by ordinance of the City of Pittsburgh.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1143 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 11 - Community and Municipal Courts|Section 1143 - Jurisdiction and venue

 § 1143. Jurisdiction and venue. (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise prescribed by any general rule adopted pursuant to section 503 (relating to reassignment of matters) the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court shall have jurisdiction of all of the following matters:  (1) Criminal complaints accusing any person of the commission of any felony or misdemeanor, where such felony or misdemeanor has been committed within the corporate limits of the City of Pittsburgh, and to issue warrants for the arrest of such person so accused, administer oaths and hold preliminary hearings in all such cases, and commit to jail, or bind over for trial or discharge such accused person, as the evidence produced at such hearing may warrant. The court shall have power to admit to bail as prescribed by general rules.  (2) Arrests upon view, or upon complaint made and warrant issued, by the police of the City of Pittsburgh, of persons who may be found engaged in or be charged with drunkenness, disorderly conduct, selling liquor contrary to law, maintaining a disorderly house or bawdy house, lewd, indecent or lascivious behavior on the streets or elsewhere, gambling, creating riots or disturbances, vagrants, beggars, prostitutes, disturbers of the public peace, known or reputed pickpockets, burglars, thieves, watch stuffers, cheating, swindling, persons who abuse their families, and suspicious persons who can give no reasonable account of themselves, or violating any of the laws or ordinances of such city.  (3) Civil claims for the recovery of fines and penalties imposed by any ordinance of the City of Pittsburgh, or by any ordinance or regulation relating to housing and health administered and enforced by a county health department where a violation takes place in such city, and cases of summary conviction arising under the laws and ordinances of or applicable to such city and under the laws, ordinances, rules and regulations relating to housing and health administered and enforced by a county department of health where a violation takes place in such city, with full power to hear the said cases, administer oaths or affirmations therein, decide the same, enforce the penalty, collect the fine or commit to prison as the case may be according to the provisions of the law and ordinances applicable thereto.  (4) Matters within the jurisdiction of the court when sitting as the Traffic Court of Pittsburgh.  (b) Venue and process.--The venue of the Pittsburgh Magistrates 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 City of Pittsburgh to the extent prescribed by general rule.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1144 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 11 - Community and Municipal Courts|Section 1144 - Lien of judgment

§ 1144. Lien of judgment. A judgment of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court shall not operate as a lien on real property until a transcript of the record showing a final judgment of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court has been filed in the manner prescribed by general rules in the office of the prothonotary of Allegheny County. After entry of the judgment, the judgment shall, from the date of its entry, be a lien upon real property to the same extent that judgment recovered in the court of common pleas is a lien. No transcript of the record shall be filed until 30 days after the entry of final judgment by the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court. No execution against real estate shall be issued by the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court.   (Dec. 21, 1988, P.L.1862, No.179, eff. 60 days)   1988 Amendment. Act 179 added section 1144. Section 3 of Act 179 provided that section 1144 shall apply to final judgments entered by the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court on or after the effective date of Act 179.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 13 - Traffic Courts|Section 1301 - Seats of traffic courts

§ 1301. Seats of traffic courts. The regular sessions of a traffic court shall be held at such locations within the political subdivision for which the court is established as may be approved in compliance with general rules by the president judge of the court of common pleas of the judicial district embracing such political subdivision.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 13 - Traffic Courts|Section 1302 - Jurisdiction and venue

§ 1302. Jurisdiction and venue. (a) General rule.--Except as set forth in subsection (a.1) or as otherwise prescribed by any general rule adopted pursuant to section 503 (relating to reassignment of matters), each traffic court shall have jurisdiction of all prosecutions for summary offenses arising under:  (1) Title 75 (relating to vehicles). (2) Any ordinance of any political subdivision enacted pursuant to Title 75. (a.1) Traffic Court of Philadelphia.-- (1) Except as otherwise prescribed by any general rule adopted pursuant to section 503, each traffic court under Subchapter B (relating to Traffic Court of Philadelphia) shall, at the direction of the President Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court, have jurisdiction of all prosecutions for summary offenses arising under:  (i) Title 75. (ii) Any ordinance of any political subdivision enacted pursuant to Title 75. (2) This subsection shall expire on the later of: (i) the date of the ratification by the electorate of an amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania abolishing the Philadelphia Traffic Court; or  (ii) January 1, 2018. (b) Concurrent and exclusive jurisdiction.--The jurisdiction of a traffic court under this section shall be exclusive of the courts of common pleas and magisterial district judges, except that such jurisdiction shall be concurrent with the magisterial district judges whenever the traffic court is closed.  (c) Venue and process.--The venue of a traffic court 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 political subdivision for which it is established to the extent prescribed by general rule.  (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days; June 19, 2013, P.L.55, No.17, eff. imd.)    2013 Amendment. Act 17 amended subsec. (a) intro. par. and added subsec. (a.1).  2004 Amendment. Act 207 amended subsec. (b). See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.  1978 Amendment. Act 53 amended subsec. (a).
42 PA Cons Stat § 1303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 13 - Traffic Courts|Section 1303 - Signatures and dockets

§ 1303. Signatures and dockets. Facsimile signatures of traffic court judges may be used for all purposes in lieu of their original signatures, except on affidavits for warrants of arrest and on the docket of the traffic court. Traffic court dockets shall contain a record of the disposition of every case and where a fine and costs are imposed shall record the amount of said fine and the amount of costs. The docket shall in all cases, where a summons has been issued, as to each case, be signed by the judge making the disposition or in his name by the clerk of the traffic court.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1321 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 13 - Traffic Courts|Section 1321 - Traffic Court of Philadelphia

§ 1321. Traffic Court of Philadelphia. (a) Establishment.--The Traffic Court of Philadelphia shall be a court not of record. The court is established for the City and County of Philadelphia.  (b) Composition.--The court shall consist of two judges:  (1) who are serving on the court on the effective date of this subsection; and (2) whose terms expire on December 31, 2017. (c) Expiration.--This section shall expire on the later of:  (1) the date of the ratification by the electorate of an amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania abolishing the Philadelphia Traffic Court; or  (2) January 1, 2018. (Feb. 14, 1997, P.L.3, No.2; June 19, 2013, P.L.55, No.17, eff. imd.)   1997 Amendment. Section 4 of Act 2 provided that the amendment shall take effect on the first Monday of January 1998. Section 3 of Act 2 provided that the first judges elected to those judgeships created under section 1321 shall be elected at the 1999 municipal election.  Cross References. Section 1321 is referred to in section 102 of this title.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1331 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 13 - Traffic Courts|Section 1331 - Traffic Court of Pittsburgh

§ 1331. Traffic Court of Pittsburgh. The Traffic Court of Pittsburgh shall be a court not of record and shall be held by such of the judges of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court as shall be assigned thereto by the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, one of whom shall be designated by the mayor as the presiding magistrate of the traffic court. The court is established for the City of Pittsburgh.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1332 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 13 - Traffic Courts|Section 1332 - Operations of traffic court

§ 1332. Operations of traffic court. The presiding magistrate shall preside over and supervise the work of the Traffic Court of Pittsburgh. In the absence of the presiding magistrate designated by the mayor, the judge then temporarily presiding shall have such supervision. The traffic court shall be open for the transaction of business at such times as shall be designated by ordinance of the City of Pittsburgh or prescribed by general rule.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1341 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 13 - Traffic Courts|Section 1341 - Third class city traffic courts authorized

§ 1341. Third class city traffic courts authorized. Any city of the third class may establish by ordinance a traffic court which shall be a court not of record. The court shall be held by such of the magisterial district judges of the city as shall be designated by the president judge of the court of common pleas upon petition by the city. If established, the court shall be for the city so establishing it.  (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 § 1342 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 13 - Traffic Courts|Section 1342 - Operations of optional traffic courts

§ 1342. Operations of optional traffic courts. The magisterial district judge designated by the president judge shall preside over and supervise the work of the traffic court. The traffic court shall be open for business at such times as shall be designated by city ordinance or prescribed by general rule.  (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 § 1501 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 15 - Magisterial District Judges|Section 1501 - Definitions

§ 1501. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:  "Court." The Supreme Court or the court of common pleas of each judicial district under the direction of the Supreme Court.  "Political subdivision." Any municipality except the City and County of Philadelphia.  "Population." The number of persons residing within a political subdivision or part thereof as determined by the then current Federal decennial or Federal special census.  "Population density." The number of persons residing within a political subdivision or part thereof as determined by dividing such number by the land area expressed in square miles as determined in the official publication of the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce.    References in Text. The Department of Commerce, referred to in the def. of "population density," was renamed the Department of Community and Economic Development by Act 58 of 1996.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1502 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 15 - Magisterial District Judges|Section 1502 - Classification of districts

 § 1502. Classification of districts. (a) Second class counties.--The classes of magisterial districts in judicial districts coextensive with counties of the second class shall be determined as follows:  (1) Magisterial districts of the first class shall have a population density of more than 5,000 persons per square mile and a population of not less than 65,000 persons.  (2) Magisterial districts of the second class shall have a population density of more than 500 persons per square mile and a population of between 22,500 and 65,000 persons.  (3) Magisterial districts of the third class shall have a population density of more than 200 persons per square mile and a population of between 12,000 and 22,500 persons.  (4) Magisterial districts of the fourth class shall have a population density of more than 70 persons per square mile and a population of between 7,500 and 12,000 persons.  (5) Magisterial districts of the fifth class shall have a population density of less than 70 persons per square mile and a population of between 4,000 and 7,500 persons.  (b) Other counties.--The classes of magisterial districts in judicial districts not coextensive with counties of the first class or counties of the second class shall be determined as follows:  (1) Magisterial districts of the first class shall have a population density of more than 1,000 persons per square mile and a population of not less than 15,000 persons.  (2) Magisterial districts of the second class shall have a population density of more than 400 persons per square mile and a population of not less than 4,000 persons.  (3) Magisterial districts of the third class shall have a population density of less than 400 persons per square mile and a population of not less than 4,000 persons.  (4) Magisterial districts of the fourth class shall have a population density of less than 400 persons per square mile and a population of between 2,000 and 4,000 persons. The number of magisterial districts of the fourth class within a judicial district shall not be increased.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1503 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 15 - Magisterial District Judges|Section 1503 - Reestablishment of districts

§ 1503. Reestablishment of districts. (a) General rule.--In each year following that in which the Federal decennial census is officially reported as required by Federal law the court shall reestablish the number, boundaries and classes of magisterial districts within each judicial district except:  (1) The first judicial district. (2) Any judicial district where a community court has been established and not discontinued. The number, boundaries and classes of magisterial districts within each judicial district may be revised from time to time as required for the efficient administration of justice within each magisterial district.  (b) Discontinuance of community court.--The court upon the discontinuance of a community court shall establish the number, boundaries and classes of magisterial districts within the judicial district embracing such discontinued community court. Such action shall be completed prior to the first Monday of January of the odd-numbered year next following the primary election at which the discontinuance of the community court is approved.  (c) Standards for establishment of magisterial districts.--In the case of a political subdivision containing within its boundaries two or more magisterial districts, the court shall divide the political subdivision into magisterial districts as nearly equal as possible in population and area, and the court may presume that the population density of each part of a political subdivision is the same population density as for the whole political subdivision. The court in establishing the number and boundaries of magisterial districts shall not subdivide political subdivisions unless either:  (1) the political subdivision contains two or more noncontiguous parts; or (2) the political subdivision contains within its boundaries two or more magisterial districts, in which case wards or other election districts of the political subdivision shall not be subdivided.  (d) Compensation of magisterial district judge.--When a magisterial district is reestablished the compensation of a magisterial district judge serving therein shall not be diminished for any reason during the magisterial district judge's term or during any term to which the magisterial district judge is reelected while serving in such reestablished district.  (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Dec. 5, 1980, P.L.1104, No.189, eff. imd.; Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)    2004 Amendment. Act 207 amended subsec. (d). See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.  1978 Amendment. Act 53 amended subsec. (a).  Cross References. Section 1503 is referred to in sections 1102, 3152 of this title.
42 PA Cons Stat § 1511 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 15 - Magisterial District Judges|Section 1511 - Magisterial district judges

§ 1511. Magisterial district judges. There shall be one magisterial district judge in each magisterial district. (Aug. 11, 2009, P.L.147, No.33, eff. 60 days)
42 PA Cons Stat § 1512 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 15 - Magisterial District Judges|Section 1512 - Seal

§ 1512. Seal. Each magisterial district shall have a seal, which shall be in the custody of the magisterial district judge elected or appointed for such district. The official acts of the magisterial district judge shall be authenticated therewith. There shall be engraved on the seal such inscription as may be specified by general rule. A facsimile or preprinted seal may be used for all purposes in lieu of the original seal.  (June 28, 2002, P.L.518, No.86, eff. 60 days; 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 § 1513 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 15 - Magisterial District Judges|Section 1513 - Powers of magisterial district judges

§ 1513. Powers of magisterial district judges. Every magisterial district judge shall have power to issue every lawful process to or to be served or enforced by system and related personnel and to make such lawful orders as his official business may require. A magisterial district judge may take affidavits and acknowledgments outside his magisterial district but within this Commonwealth.  (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 § 1514 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 15 - Magisterial District Judges|Section 1514 - Offices

§ 1514. Offices. The governing body of the county shall establish an office or offices for each magisterial district judge at such locations within the county as may be approved by the president judge of the court of common pleas of the judicial district in compliance with general rules.  (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff 60 days; 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.