2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 27 - Office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
Section 2751 - Clerk of the courts
SUBCHAPTER C
CLERKS OF THE COURTS
Sec.
2751. Clerk of the courts.
2752. Selection of clerk of the courts.
2753. Seal.
2754. Office of the clerk of the courts.
2755. Staff.
2756. Matters or documents filed in the office of the clerk of the courts.
2757. Powers and duties of the office of the clerk of the courts.
Cross References. Subchapter C is referred to in sections 102, 2738 of this title.
§ 2751. Clerk of the courts.
(a) General rule.--In each county of this Commonwealth there shall be a clerk of the courts for the court of common pleas who shall be known as the "Clerk of the Courts of (the respective) County."
(b) Multicounty judicial districts.--In multicounty judicial districts the clerk of the courts shall be the clerk of the courts of the branch of the court of common pleas established for the county.
(c) Philadelphia.--In the first judicial district there shall be a clerk of the courts for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County and the Philadelphia Municipal Court, who shall be known as the "Clerk of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia."
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