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2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 35 - Budget and Finance › Section 3575 - Criminal Justice Enhancement Account

§ 3575. Criminal Justice Enhancement Account.
(a) Establishment.--
There is established within the State Treasury a restricted account to be known as the Criminal Justice Enhancement Account. The account shall be comprised of all of the following:
(1) Costs of prosecution imposed pursuant to subsection (b).
(2) Fines statutorily designated by subsection (c) to the account.
(b) Costs of prosecution.--
In addition to any other costs of prosecution, an assessment in the amount of $50 shall be imposed and directed to the account in each judicial proceeding where:
(1) the defendant accepts Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition;
(2) the defendant is convicted of or enters a plea of guilt or nolo contendere for a felony, misdemeanor of the first degree or misdemeanor of the second degree set forth in 18 Pa.C.S. (relating to crimes and offenses); or
(3) the defendant is convicted of or enters a plea of guilt or nolo contendere for a violation of section 13(a)(16) of the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act.
(c) Designated offenses.--
Any fines imposed for the following offenses under 18 Pa.C.S. shall be directed to the account:
Chapter 41 (relating to forgery and fraudulent practices) other than summary offenses under section 4105 (relating to bad checks).
Chapter 47 (relating to bribery and corrupt influence).
Chapter 49 Subch. A (relating to perjury and falsification in official matters).
Chapter 57 (relating to wiretapping and electronic surveillance).
Chapter 76 (relating to computer offenses).
(d) Distribution from account.--
The money in the account is appropriated upon approval of the Governor to fulfill the provisions of section 1401(p) of the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code.
(July 13, 2007, P.L.92, No.30, eff. 120 days)
2007 Amendment.
Act 30 added section 3575.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 35 - Budget and Finance › Section 3581 - Judicial salaries (Repealed)

§ 3581. Judicial salaries (Repealed).
1995 Repeal.
Section 3581 was repealed October 19, 1995, P.L.324, No.51, effective November 1, 1995.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 37 - Facilities and Supplies › Extra - Chapter Notes

Enactment.
Chapter 37 was added July 9, 1976, P.L.586, No.142, generally effective 60 days from
            the date of final enactment of the act of April 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53. Provisions
            relating to budgeting and financial matters are effective with respect to fiscal years
            commencing on or after July 1, 1978, as to political subdivisions, and with respect
            to fiscal years commencing July 1, 1977, in all other cases.
Enactment.
Subchapter C was added June 30, 1988, P.L.464, No.79, effective immediately and retroactive
            to July 13, 1987.
Cross References.
Subchapter C is referred to in section 512 of Title 3 (Agriculture).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 37 - Facilities and Supplies › Section 3702 - General facilities and services furnished by Administrative Office

§ 3702. General facilities and services furnished by Administrative Office.
The Administrative Office, either directly or where appropriate in the case of equipment, materials and supplies, through the Department of General Services, shall furnish all personnel of the system entitled thereto with all necessary accommodations, goods and services which are not required by statute to be furnished by another government unit. Nothing in this section shall be construed to shift the liability for furnishing any such necessary accommodations, goods and services to the Commonwealth and where it is necessary for the Administrative Office to furnish any such necessary accommodations, goods or services for which the Commonwealth is not liable the cost thereof shall be paid by the defaulting government unit.
(Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days)
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 37 - Facilities and Supplies › Section 3703 - Local chamber facilities

§ 3703. Local chamber facilities.
The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts shall furnish for each judge of the appellate courts of this Commonwealth chamber facilities in the county in which such judge resides in conformity with general rules for such judge and the personal staff of such judge from funds annually appropriated by the General Assembly.
(July 10, 1985, P.L.193, No.49, eff. 60 days)
Cross References.
Section 3703 is referred to in section 5303 of Title 71 (State Government).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 37 - Facilities and Supplies › Section 3704 - Local facilities for holding sessions of Statewide courts

§ 3704. Local facilities for holding sessions of Statewide courts.
(a) General rule.--
The City and County of Philadelphia and the County of Allegheny shall furnish the personnel of the appellate courts of this Commonwealth with such accommodations and facilities as may be required by order of the governing authority.
(b) Exception.--
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any county in which the Pennsylvania Judicial Center may be located.
Pennsylvania Judicial Center.
Section 24(c) of Act 142 of 1976 provided that, for the purposes of section 3704(b), the Pennsylvania Judicial Center shall not be deemed to be located in a county until the facilities specified in section 3704(a) are provided by the center.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 37 - Facilities and Supplies › Section 3722 - General facilities and services furnished by county

§ 3722. General facilities and services furnished by county.
Except as otherwise provided by statute, each county shall continue to furnish to the court of common pleas and community court embracing the county, to the minor judiciary established for the county and to all personnel of the system, including central staff entitled thereto, located within the county, all necessary accommodations, goods and services which by law have heretofore been furnished by the county.
Cross References.
Section 3722 is referred to in sections 2123, 2734, 2754, 2774, 3723 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 37 - Facilities and Supplies › Section 3723 - Other facilities and services furnished by Administrative Office

§ 3723. Other facilities and services furnished by Administrative Office.
The Administrative Office, either directly or where appropriate in the case of equipment, materials and supplies, through the Department of General Services, shall furnish all personnel of the system entitled thereto located within a county, with all necessary accommodations, goods and services which are not by section 3722 (relating to general facilities and services furnished by county) or any other provision of statute required to be or which have heretofore been furnished by another government unit.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 37 - Facilities and Supplies › Section 3724 - County law libraries

§ 3724. County law libraries.
County law libraries, including libraries maintained by bar associations or independent library corporations, or both, shall receive from the county such necessary funds, accommodations, goods and services, as shall be specified by general rules or orders adopted by the governing authority after consideration of the recommendations from time to time of the State Law Library. Any such general rules or orders shall take effect only in the manner provided by section 503(b) (relating to procedures). All such county law libraries shall be operated in conformity with general rules or rules of the court of common pleas of the judicial district embracing the county and shall be open to the general public.
Philadelphia, Allegheny and Second Class A Counties.
See section 24(d) of Act 142 of 1976 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to Philadelphia Law Library.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 37 - Facilities and Supplies › Section 3726 - Manner of expenditure of local funds

§ 3726. Manner of expenditure of local funds.
Unless and until otherwise provided by statute or by express order of the Supreme Court pursuant to and subject to the limitations of constitutional authority, the manner of the expenditure of moneys credited to the judicial and related account of a political subdivision, including moneys appropriated through the budget of the Judicial Department to a political subdivision, shall be within the control of officers of the political subdivision.
(Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days)
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 37 - Facilities and Supplies › Section 3727 - Restriction on compelling local action

§ 3727. Restriction on compelling local action.
A general rule, express order or other order in the nature of a regulation adopted by the governing authority or any other agency or unit of the system which relates to funds, accommodations, facilities, goods, services or supplies which by statute are required to be paid by a political subdivision shall not be effective as to such political subdivision unless the governing body of the political subdivision agrees thereto or is specifically required by statute to take the action or furnish the particular funds, accommodations, facilities, goods or services to which the general rule, express order or other order relates.
(Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days)
1978 Amendment.
Act 53 added section 3727.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 37 - Facilities and Supplies › Section 3732 - Utilization of funds in account

§ 3732. Utilization of funds in account.
(a) General rule.--
Except for the repayments under subsection (b), all moneys deposited into the Judicial Computer System Augmentation Account shall be used only for the initial startup and the ongoing operations of the Statewide judicial computer system.
(b) General Fund repayments.--
Any funds appropriated by the General Assembly from the General Fund for the startup and operation of the Statewide judicial computer system shall be repaid to the General Fund from the Judicial Computer System Augmentation Account over a five-year period beginning 24 months after the initial appropriation from the General Fund.
Cross References.
Section 3732 is referred to in section 3733.2 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 37 - Facilities and Supplies › Section 3733.1 - Surcharge

§ 3733.1. Surcharge.
(a) Imposition of surcharge.--
In addition to each fee imposed under section 3733(a.1) (relating to deposits into account), except as set forth in subsection (b), the following apply:
(1) (Repealed).
(2) (Repealed).
(3) A permanent fee of $2 shall be charged and collected.
(b) Exceptions.--
Subsection (a) does not apply to a conviction or guilty plea based on the filing of a traffic citation charging an offense under 75 Pa.C.S. (relating to vehicles) which is classified as summary under a State statute or local ordinance as provided in the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.
(c) Allocation and appropriation.--
(1) (Repealed).
(2) (Repealed).
(3) The fee under subsection (a)(3) shall be deposited into the Access to Justice Account.
(Oct. 9, 2009, P.L.494, No.49, eff. 60 days; July 7, 2011, P.L.﻿ 207, No.30, eff. imd.; July 9, 2014, P.L.1004, No.113, eff. 30 days; Oct. 30, 2017, P.L.379, No.40, eff. imd.)
2017 Amendment.
Act 40 repealed subsecs. (a)(1) and (2) and (c)(1) and (2).
2014
Amendment
.
Act 113 amended subsecs. (a) and (c).
2009 Amendment.
Act 49 added section 3733.1.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 37 - Facilities and Supplies › Section 3733.2 - Additional surcharge (Expired)

§ 3733.2. Additional surcharge (Expired).
2022 Expiration.
Section 3733.2 expired June 30, 2022. See Act 93 of 2021.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 37 - Facilities and Supplies › Section 3734 - Annual appropriations

§ 3734. Annual appropriations.
Beginning with the fiscal year 1987-1988, the General Assembly shall appropriate initially from the General Fund and thereafter from the Judicial Computer System Augmentation Account funds sufficient to meet the costs of the initial startup and the ongoing operations of the Statewide judicial computer system.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 37 - Facilities and Supplies › Section 3735 - Review of plan and contracts

§ 3735. Review of plan and contracts.
A copy of the plan for expenditure of appropriated funds and a copy of each contract prior to execution shall be submitted to the respective Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Appropriations Committees in the House of Representatives and the Senate, allowing a reasonable time for their review and comment.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice › Extra - Chapter Notes

Enactment.
Chapter 41 was added July 9, 1976, P.L.586, No.142, effective 60 days from the date
            of final enactment of the act of April 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice › Section 4101 - Coordination of activities

§ 4101. Coordination of activities.
The several courts and magisterial district judges, all other system and related personnel, executive agencies and political subdivisions shall devise a practical and working basis for cooperation and coordination of activities, facilitating the performance of their respective duties and eliminating duplicating and overlapping of functions, and shall, so far as practical, cooperate with each other in the use of employees, land, buildings, quarters, facilities, services and equipment. Any agency or unit of the unified judicial system may empower or require an employee of any other government unit, subject to the consent of such other government unit, to perform any duty which might be required by such agency or unit of the system of its own employees, and any other government unit may empower or require an employee of any agency or unit of the system, subject to the consent of such agency or unit of the system, to perform any duty which might be required by such other government unit of its own employees.
(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.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice › Section 4102 - Liability insurance for district justices (Repealed)

§ 4102. Liability insurance for district justices (Repealed).
1979 Repeal.
Section 4102 was repealed July 20, 1979, P.L.157, No.52, effective in 60 days.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice › Section 4121 - Assignment of judges

§ 4121. Assignment of judges.
(a) General rule.--
Subject to general rules any judge may be temporarily assigned to another court and may there hear and determine any matter with like effect as if duly commissioned to sit in such other court.
(b) Senior judges.--
A senior judge may, with his consent, be assigned on temporary judicial service pursuant to subsection (a).
(c) Exception.--
Only a judge who is a member of the bar of this Commonwealth shall be temporarily assigned to a court to which only members of the bar of this Commonwealth may be appointed or elected pursuant to section 3101 (relating to qualifications of judicial officers generally). A judge of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court or the Traffic Court of Philadelphia may be temporarily assigned to a magisterial district with the same effect as an assignment pursuant to section 4122 (relating to assignment of magisterial district judges).
(Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, eff. 60 days; Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)
2004 Amendment.
Act 207 amended subsec. (c). See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.
1980 Amendment.
Act 142 amended subsec. (b).
Philadelphia Municipal Court.
Section 9(b) of Act 142 of 1976 provided that the President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County may assign temporarily judges of the Philadelphia Municipal Court to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County when required to expedite the business of the court.
Cross References.
Section 4121 is referred to in sections 102, 564 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice › Section 4122 - Assignment of magisterial district judges

§ 4122. Assignment of magisterial district judges.
(a) General rule.--
Subject to general rules any magisterial district judge may be temporarily assigned to any other magisterial district or the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court or the Traffic Court of Philadelphia, and may there hear and determine any matter with like effect as if duly commissioned to sit in such other district or in such court.
(b) Senior magisterial district judges.--
A senior magisterial district judge who shall not have been defeated for reelection or been suspended or removed from office may, with the senior magisterial district judge's consent, be assigned on temporary magisterial service pursuant to subsection (a). A senior magisterial district judge shall be paid a per diem salary at the same annual rate as is applicable in the district where the senior magisterial district judge is temporarily assigned and shall receive expenses at the same per diem rate as other magisterial district judges temporarily assigned.
(c) Additional compensation.--
A magisterial district judge, assigned by the president judge of the court of common pleas to perform additional duties for a district other than the one in which the magisterial district judge is elected, shall be entitled to receive additional compensation of $20 per day when the magisterial district judge performs assigned duties, except that no additional compensation shall be allowed for routine duties scheduled by the president judge of the court of common pleas. Any assignment, compensable under this subsection, for which the per diem exceeds $100 a calendar month shall be approved by the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania.
(Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; July 20, 1979, P.L.157, No.52, eff. 60 days; July 10, 1984, P.L.708, No.150, eff. imd.; Dec. 19, 1984, P.L.1089, No.218, eff. imd.; 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.
Cross References.
Section 4122 is referred to in sections 102, 4121 of this title
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice › Section 4123 - Assignment procedure

§ 4123. Assignment procedure.
The procedure for effecting temporary assignments of judges and magisterial district judges, the kind, amount and method of payment for travel, lodgings and subsistence, and all other matters related to such temporary assignments, shall be governed by general rules established by the Supreme Court except as otherwise specifically provided.
(July 20, 1979, P.L.157, No.52, 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.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice › Section 4124 - Assignment of senior Philadelphia Municipal Court judges

§ 4124. Assignment of senior Philadelphia Municipal Court judges.
A senior judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court who has not been defeated for reelection or suspended or removed from office and who has served an aggregate of four years as an elected judge and who is required to retire at age 70 may, with his consent, be assigned on temporary judicial service to that court.
(July 10, 1984, P.L.708, No.150, eff. imd.)
1984 Amendment.
Act 150 added section 4124.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice › Section 4131 - Definitions (Reserved)

§ 4131. Definitions (Reserved).
(Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days)
1982 Amendment.
Act 326 added section 4131 and renumbered former section 4131 to section 4132.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice › Section 4132 - Attachment and summary punishment for contempts

§ 4132. Attachment and summary punishment for contempts.
The power of the several courts of this Commonwealth to issue attachments and to impose summary punishments for contempts of court shall be restricted to the following cases:
(1) The official misconduct of the officers of such courts respectively.
(1.1) The willful failure of the officers of such courts to disclose a person's complete criminal history record information when requested.
(2) Disobedience or neglect by officers, parties, jurors or witnesses of or to the lawful process of the court.
(3) The misbehavior of any person in the presence of the court, thereby obstructing the administration of justice.
(Oct. 29, 2020, P.L.718, No.83, eff. 60 days)
Cross References.
Section 4132 is referred to in sections 4133, 5337, 6304.1 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice › Section 4133 - Commitment or fine for contempt

§ 4133. Commitment or fine for contempt.
Except as otherwise provided by statute, the punishment of commitment for contempt provided in section 4132 (relating to attachment and summary punishment for contempts) shall extend only to contempts committed in open court. All other contempts shall be punished by fine only.
(Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days)
1982 Amendment.
Act 326 amended and renumbered section 4132 to section 4133 and renumbered former section 4133 to section 4134.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice › Section 4134 - Commitment for failure to pay fine

§ 4134. Commitment for failure to pay fine.
The court may order the sheriff or other proper officer of any county to take into custody and commit to jail any person fined for a contempt until such fine shall be paid or discharged. If unable to pay such fine, such person may be committed to jail by the court for not exceeding three months.
(Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days)
1982 Amendment.
Act 326 amended and renumbered section 4133 to section 4134 and renumbered former section 4134 to section 4135.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice › Section 4135 - Publication out of court

§ 4135. Publication out of court.
(a) General rule.--
Publication out of court respecting the conduct of judges, magisterial district judges, other system or related personnel, jurors or participants in connection with any matter pending before any tribunal shall not be construed as a contempt of court on the part of the author, publisher or other person connected with such publication.
(b) Civil and criminal liability not affected.--
If any publication specified in subsection (a) shall improperly tend to bias the minds of the public, or of the tribunal, other system or related personnel, jurors or participants in connection with any matter pending before any tribunal, any person aggrieved thereby may proceed against the persons responsible for the publication by appropriate civil action or criminal proceeding.
(Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days; 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.
1982 Amendment.
Act 326 amended and renumbered section 4134 to section 4135 and renumbered former section 4135 to section 4136.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice › Section 4136 - Rights of persons charged with certain indirect criminal contempts

§ 4136. Rights of persons charged with certain indirect criminal contempts.
(a) General rule.--
A person charged with indirect criminal contempt for violation of a restraining order or injunction issued by a court shall enjoy:
(1) The rights to bail that are accorded to persons accused of crime.
(2) The right to be notified of the accusation and a reasonable time to make a defense, if the alleged contempt is not committed in the immediate view or presence of the court.
(3) (i) Upon demand, the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the judicial district wherein the contempt is alleged to have been committed.
(ii) The requirement of subparagraph (i) shall not be construed to apply to contempts:
(A) Committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration of justice, or to apply to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disobedience of any officer of the court in respect to the writs, orders, or process of the court.
(B) Subject to 23 Pa.C.S. § 6114 (relating to contempt for violation of order or agreement).
(C) Subject to 75 Pa.C.S. § 4108(c) (relating to nonjury criminal contempt proceedings).
(4) The right to file with the court a demand for the withdrawal of the judge sitting in the proceeding, if the alleged contempt arises from an attack upon the character or conduct of such judge, and if the attack occurred otherwise than in open court. Upon the filing of any such demand, the judge shall thereupon proceed no further but another judge shall be designated by the court. The demand shall be filed prior to the hearing in the contempt proceeding.
(b) Punishment.--
Except as otherwise provided in this title or by statute hereafter enacted, punishment for a contempt specified in subsection (a) may be by fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment not exceeding 15 days in the jail of the county where the court is sitting, or both, in the discretion of the court. Where a person is committed to jail for the nonpayment of such a fine, he shall be discharged at the expiration of 15 days, but where he is also committed for a definite time, the 15 days shall be computed from the expiration of the definite time.
(Apr. 28 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days; Dec. 19, 1990, P.L.1240, No.206, eff. 90 days)
Cross References.
Section 4136 is referred to in sections 62A14, 62A15 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice › Section 4138 - Contempt powers of Pittsburgh Magistrates Court

§ 4138. Contempt powers of Pittsburgh Magistrates Court.
(a) General rule.--
The Pittsburgh Magistrates Court shall have the power to issue attachments and impose summary punishments for criminal contempts in the following cases:
(1) Misbehavior of any person in the presence of the court thereby obstructing the administration of justice.
(2) Failure of a person to obey lawful process in the nature of a subpoena issued by a judge of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court.
(3) Failure to comply with an order of a judge of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court directing a defendant in a criminal proceeding to pay fines and costs in accordance with an installment payment order.
(b) Limitation.--
The power of contempt shall not include system and related personnel, attorneys or law enforcement officers when performing official duties or acting as officers of the court.
(c) Punishment.--
Punishment for contempt specified in subsection (a)(1) or (3) may be a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both. Punishment for contempt specified in subsection (a)(2) shall be a fine of not more than $100. Failure to pay within a reasonable time could result in imprisonment for not more than ten days.
(d) Procedure.--
A judge of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court shall have the power to issue an attachment by means of a warrant and to conduct a hearing prior to the imposition of punishment for contempt. Any punishment imposed by a judge of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court for contempt shall be automatically stayed for a period of ten days from the date of imposition of the punishment during which time an appeal of the action of the judge of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court may be filed with the court of common pleas of the judicial district. The stay shall remain in effect pending the disposition of an appeal. Upon the filing of the appeal, the court of common pleas shall hear the matter de novo. On appeal, the accused shall have the right to be notified of the accusation and shall have a reasonable time to make a defense. The defendant shall not have a right to a jury trial on appeal.
(June 15, 1994, P.L.273, No.45, eff. 60 days)
1994 Amendment.
Act 45 added section 4138.
Suspension by Court Rule.
Section 4138 was suspended by Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure No. 1101(1), adopted March 1, 2000, insofar as it is inconsistent with the 30-day appeal period and 30-day automatic stay period set forth in Rule 141 relating to preliminary hearing; continuances.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice › Section 4139 - Contempt powers of Traffic Court of Philadelphia

§ 4139. Contempt powers of Traffic Court of Philadelphia.
(a) General rule.--
The Traffic Court of Philadelphia shall have the power to issue attachments and impose summary punishments for criminal contempts in the following cases:
(1) Misbehavior of any person in the presence of the court thereby obstructing the administration of justice.
(2) Failure of a person to obey lawful process in the nature of a subpoena issued by a traffic court judge.
(3) Failure to comply with an order of a traffic court judge directing a defendant in a criminal proceeding to pay fines and costs in accordance with an installment payment order.
(b) Limitation.--
The power of contempt shall not include system and related personnel, attorneys or law enforcement officers when performing official duties or acting as officers of the court.
(c) Punishment.--
Punishment for contempt specified in subsection (a)(1) or (3) may be a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both. Punishment for contempt specified in subsection (a)(2) shall be a fine of not more than $100. Failure to pay within a reasonable time could result in imprisonment for not more than ten days.
(d) Procedure.--
A traffic court judge shall have the power to issue an attachment by means of a warrant and to conduct a hearing prior to the imposition of punishment for contempt. Any punishment imposed by a traffic court judge for contempt shall be automatically stayed for a period of ten days from the date of imposition of the punishment during which time an appeal of the action of the traffic court judge may be filed with the court of common pleas of the judicial district. The stay shall remain in effect pending the disposition of an appeal. Upon the filing of the appeal, the court of common pleas shall hear the matter de novo. On appeal, the accused shall have the right to be notified of the accusation and shall have a reasonable time to make a defense. The defendant shall not have a right to a jury trial on appeal.
(June 15, 1994, P.L.273, No.45, eff. 60 days)
1994 Amendment.
Act 45 added section 4139.
Suspension by Court Rule.
Section 4139 was suspended by Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure No. 1101(1), adopted March 1, 2000, insofar as it is inconsistent with the 30-day appeal period and 30-day automatic stay period set forth in Rule 141 relating to preliminary hearing; continuances.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records › Extra - Chapter Notes

Enactment.
Chapter 43 was added July 9, 1976, P.L.586, No.142, effective 60 days from the date
            of final enactment of the act of April 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53.
Cross References.
Subchapter A is referred to in sections 4321, 4322 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records › Section 4301 - Establishment and maintenance of judicial records

§ 4301. Establishment and maintenance of judicial records.
(a) General rule.--
All system and related personnel shall establish and maintain such records as shall be required by law.
(b) Supervision by Administrative Office.--
All system and related personnel engaged in clerical functions shall establish and maintain all dockets, indices and other records and make and file such entries and reports, at such times, in such manner and pursuant to such procedures and standards as may be prescribed by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts with the approval of the governing authority. All such procedures and standards shall be uniform to the maximum extent practicable so as to facilitate the temporary assignment of personnel of the system, other than county staff, within the unified judicial system.
Cross References.
Section 4301 is referred to in sections 2705, 4302 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records › Section 4302 - Effect of records as notice

§ 4302. Effect of records as notice.
(a) Real property.--
Except as otherwise provided by statute or prescribed by general rule adopted pursuant to section 1722(b) (relating to enforcement and effect of orders and process), every document affecting title to or any other interest in real property which is filed and indexed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county where the real property is situated, or in the office of the clerk of the branch of the court of common pleas embracing such county in the manner required by the laws, procedures or standards in effect at the date of such filing shall be constructive notice to all persons of the filing and full contents of such document.
(b) Documents relating to pending matters.--
Documents relating to the pendency of a matter before any court filed in the office of the clerk of any court or other office within or related to and serving the unified judicial system shall be constructive notice to such persons, of such information and for such duration as may be provided by statute or prescribed by general rule adopted pursuant to section 4301 (relating to establishment and maintenance of judicial records).
(c) Foreign language documents.--
A writing not in the English language shall not constitute notice to any person unless there is attached to it and filed with it a translation into the English language verified to be correct.
(Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, eff. 60 days)
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records › Section 4303 - Effect of judgments and orders as liens

§ 4303. Effect of judgments and orders as liens.
(a) Real property.--
Any judgment or other order of a court of common pleas for the payment of money shall be a lien upon real property on the conditions, to the extent and with the priority provided by statute or prescribed by general rule adopted pursuant to section 1722(b) (relating to enforcement and effect of orders and process) when it is entered of record in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county where the real property is situated, or in the office of the clerk of the branch of the court of common pleas embracing such county.
(b) Order of court as lien.--
Any other order of a court of common pleas shall be a lien upon real and personal property situated within any county embraced within the judicial district on the conditions, to the extent and with the priority provided by statute or prescribed by general rule adopted pursuant to section 1722(b).
(c) Transfer of domestic judgments and orders.--
An order of any court of this Commonwealth which is a lien on real or personal property situated within any county of this Commonwealth pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) shall be a lien upon real or personal property situated within any other county to the same extent as if resulting from an order of the court of common pleas of such other county upon compliance with such transfer and filing procedures as may be prescribed by general rule.
(Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142 eff. 60 days; Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. imd.)
1982 Amendment.
Act 326 amended subsec. (a), retroactive to June 27, 1978.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records › Section 4304 - Notice of Federal pending actions

§ 4304. Notice of Federal pending actions.
(a) General rule.--
An action pending in a United States court within this Commonwealth concerning real property located within this Commonwealth shall be effective to give constructive notice of the action as it relates to the real property in the same manner, and to the same extent and under the same conditions as an action pending in a court of common pleas of this Commonwealth.
(b) Authorization for filing of notice of Federal actions.--
Notice of an action pending in a United States court within this Commonwealth concerning real property located within this Commonwealth may be registered, recorded, docketed or indexed in the same manner or in the same place as notices of actions concerning real property pending in a court of common pleas of this Commonwealth are registered, recorded, docketed or indexed.
(Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days)
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records › Section 4305 - Federal judgments as liens

§ 4305. Federal judgments as liens.
(a) General rule.--
Except as provided in subsection (b), every judgment of a United States court within this Commonwealth shall, as provided by 28 United States Code § 1962 (relating to lien) or otherwise, be a lien on property located within this Commonwealth in the same manner, to the same extent and under the same conditions as a judgment of a court of common pleas of this Commonwealth and shall cease to be a lien in the same manner and time.
(b) Filing requirement.--
The certified transcript of the judgment of the United States court shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county where the property is located unless the judgment was rendered by such United States court within the county where the property is located.
(c) Authorization for filing of Federal judgments entered in other counties.--
Any judgment of a United States court within this Commonwealth may be registered, recorded, filed, docketed, indexed or otherwise conformed to the rules and requirements relating to judgments of the courts of common pleas.
(Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, eff. 60 days)
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records › Section 4321 - Record retention schedules

§ 4321. Record retention schedules.
(a) General rule.--
The governing authority, after consultation with the County Records Committee, shall by general rule prescribe schedules setting forth the conditions under which the records provided for in Subchapter A (relating to establishment, maintenance and effect of judicial records) may be disposed of, either with or without the establishment of a permanent copy thereof.
(b) Requirements for schedules.--
Such schedules shall distinguish clearly between records of temporary value and records of permanent value, and no schedule shall be prescribed or revised which will permit the destruction of records of permanent value unless a permanent copy thereof is required to be maintained as provided in this subchapter. Such schedules insofar as they affect the records maintained by related staff, shall be consistent with the schedules prescribed by the County Records Committee.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records › Section 4322 - Destruction and disposition of obsolete records

§ 4322. Destruction and disposition of obsolete records.
(a) General rule.--
Any person required to maintain records pursuant to Subchapter A (relating to establishment, maintenance and effect of judicial records) may destroy such records in conformity with this subchapter and the general rules prescribed hereunder. No such person shall be held liable on his official bond, or in the way of damages for loss, or in any other manner, civil or criminal, because of the destruction of records as authorized pursuant to this subchapter.
(b) Historical documents.--
Any original records which are of historical value as may be determined by the City Archivist, in the case of City and County of Philadelphia, or by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, in the case of any other county, shall be transferred to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission or to such other depositories as may be designated by the commission.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records › Section 4323 - Form of recordation

§ 4323. Form of recordation.
(a) In general.--
Records may be reproduced in accordance with subsection (c).
(b) Records of permanent value.--
Records that are classified as records of permanent value may be reproduced in accordance with subsection (c) provided that, if the original record is being destroyed after reproduction:
(1) the reproduction format shall be human readable; or
(2) if the reproduction format is electronic or otherwise not human readable, the governing authority, in consultation with the County Records Committee, shall create and apply standards, policies and procedures for the creation, maintenance, backup, migration and transmission of permanent records in that format.
(c) Means of reproduction.--
Any photostatic, photographic, micrographic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, optical, electronic or other future technologies, analog or digital, which accurately reproduces the original and forms secure and unalterable copies for recording may be utilized for reproducing records as authorized in accordance with this subchapter.
(d) Documents previously recorded, copied or recopied.--
A document within the scope of this section and that previously has been recorded, copied or recopied also may be reproduced by processes authorized by this section.
(July 9, 2014, P.L.1004, No.113, eff. 30 days)
Cross References
. Section 4323 is referred to in section 4324 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records › Section 4324 - Copies of destroyed records

§ 4324. Copies of destroyed records.
A copy of any record destroyed or disposed of as authorized pursuant to this subchapter, or a certified copy thereof, if produced in accordance with section 4323 (relating to form of recordation) shall be admissible in evidence in any matter, and shall have the same force and effect as though the original record had been produced and proved. It shall be the duty of the person who would have had custody of the original record, had it not been destroyed pursuant to law, to prepare enlarged, typed or photographic copies of such reproduced records whenever their production is required.
(July 9, 2014, P.L.1004, No.113, eff. 30 days)
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records › Section 4325 - Duplicate permanent records

§ 4325. Duplicate permanent records.
In order to provide insurance for the more actively used working copies against damage or loss through wear or disaster, duplicate copies of all permanent records designated by the Administrative Office shall be maintained at such locations as shall be approved by the Administrative Office. Such designations insofar as they relate to the records maintained by related staff, shall be subject to the approval of the County Records Committee.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records › Section 4326 - Original records meriting special care

§ 4326. Original records meriting special care.
If, in the opinion of the person having custody of an original record, such original possesses sufficient value that it merits special care, he shall make a permanent copy of the record, which shall be officially certified and placed on file in lieu of the original record, and, with the approval of the Administrative Office, he shall transfer the original to the custody of such officer as shall be designated by the Administrative Office for permanent preservation.