Pennsylvania Code › Title 37 - LAW › Part III - Agencies and Offices › Subpart B-1 - Tort Claims › Chapter 111 - TORT CLAIMS LITIGATION › Section 111.1 - Service of process

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
				  Service of process on Commonwealth agencies in actions brought under
				  42 Pa.C.S. §§
											8501-8564 (relating to matters affecting
				  government units) shall be made at the principal office of the defendant agency
				  as set forth in subsection (b) or at the local office of the defendant agency
				  as designed in §
										111.4(c)
				  (relating to venue). Service of process shall also be made at the principal
				  office of the Attorney General as set forth in subsection (b), and at the
				  Office of Attorney General as set forth in subsection (d).
(b) The addresses of the principal offices
				  designated to accept service of an agency are as follows:
Department of Aging
Office of Chief Counsel
555 Walnut Street, 5th Floor
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101-1919
Department of Agriculture
Office of Chief Counsel
Room 201 Agriculture Building
2301 North Cameron Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110
Office of Attorney General
Torts Litigation Unit
15th Floor, Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
Office of Auditor General
Office of Chief Counsel
229 Finance Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
Department of Banking
Office of Chief Counsel
Market Square Plaza
17 North 2nd Street, 13th Floor
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101
Department of Community and Economic
					 Development
Office of Chief Counsel
Commonwealth Keystone Building
400 North Street, Plaza Level
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
Department of Conservation and Natural
					 Resources
Office of Chief Counsel
Rachel Carson State Office Building
Post Office Box 8767
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-8767
Department of Corrections
Office of Chief Counsel
2520 Lisburn Road
Post Office Box 598
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17001-8764
Department of Education
(If a Tort claim is made involving State universities, do
					 not serve the Department of Education, serve the State System of Higher
					 Education.)
Office of Chief Counsel
Ninth Floor, Harristown 2
333 Market Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17126-0333
Pennsylvania Emergency Management
					 Agency
Office of Chief Council
2605 Interstate Drive
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110
Department of Environmental
					 Protection
Office of Chief Counsel
16th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building
Post Office Box 2063
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-2063
Fish and Boat Commission
Office of Chief Counsel
1601 Elmerton Avenue
Post Office Box 67000
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17106-7000
Game Commission
Executive Director
2001 Elmerton Ave.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110-9797
Department of General Services
Office of Chief Counsel
603 North Office Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17125
Governor's Office
Office of Counsel to Governor
225 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
Department of Health
Office of Chief Counsel
8th Floor West, Health and Welfare Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance
					 Agency
Office of Chief Counsel
1200 North 7th Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17102
Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities
					 Authority
Executive Director
1035 Mumma Road
Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania 17043
**Post Office Box 990, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
					 17001-0990
Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
Office of Chief Counsel
211 North Front Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-8029
Historical and Museum Commission
Office of Chief Counsel
500 State Museum Building
Post Office Box 1026
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
Insurance Department
Office of Chief Counsel
13th Floor-Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
Department of Labor and Industry
Office of Chief Counsel
10th Floor, Labor and Industry Building
651 Boas Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17121
Liquor Control Board
Office of Chief Counsel
401 Northwest Office Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17124-0001
Department of Military and Veterans
					 Affairs
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Attn: Office of Chief Counsel
Building 7-36
Fort Indiantown Gap
Annville, Pennsylvania 17003-5002
Board of Probation and Parole
Office of Chief Counsel
1101 South Front Street, Suite 5100
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17104
Public Utility Commission
Secretary
North Office Building
Post Office Box 3265
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-3265
Department of Public Welfare
(Including restoration centers, State mental hospitals,
					 mental retardation centers, youth development centers, youth forestry camps,
					 and State general hospitals.)
Department of Public Welfare
Office of Legal Counsel
3rd Floor West, Health and Welfare Building
Post Office Box 2675
7th and Forster Streets
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
Department of Revenue
Office of Chief Counsel
Tenth Floor
Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17128
Securities Commission
Office of Chief Counsel
2nd Floor-Eastgate
1010 North 7th Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17102-1410
Department of State
Office of Chief Counsel
301 North Office Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120-0029
Pennsylvania State Police
Office of Chief Counsel
3rd Floor, Department Headquarters
1800 Elmerton Avenue
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110
State System of Higher Education
Office of Chief Counsel
Dixon University Center
2986 North Second Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110
Department of Transportation
Office of Chief Counsel
9th Floor, Commonwealth Keystone Building
400 North Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120-0041
Department of Treasury
Office of Chief Counsel
Finance Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120-0018
(c) Service upon bureaus and commissions not
				  listed in subsection (b) shall be made upon the principal or local office of
				  the bureau or commission, and shall also be made upon the offices of the
				  Attorney General as designated in subsection (a).
(d) The office of the Attorney General
				  designated for service of process only in actions where venue is located in the
				  following counties is as follows:
(1) Adams,
				  Berks, Bradford, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland,
				  Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon,
				  Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Monroe, Montour, Northampton,
				  Northumberland, Perry, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna,
				  Tioga, Union, Wayne, Wyoming and York-Torts Litigation Unit, 15th Floor,
				  Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120.
(2) Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford,
				  Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette,
				  Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Somerset,
				  Venango, Warren, Washington and Westmoreland-Torts Litigation Unit, 4th Floor,
				  Manor Building, 564 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219.
(3) Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and
				  Philadelphia-Torts Litigation Unit, 206 Philadelphia State Office Building,
				  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130.