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Title 16 - COUNTIES
Chapter 141 - Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, Clerk of Orphans' Court, Register of Wills and Recorder of Deeds
Section 14101 - Election of prothonotary, clerk of courts, clerk of orphans' court, register of wills and recorder of deeds
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§ 14101. Election of prothonotary, clerk of courts, clerk of orphans' court, register of wills and recorder of deeds.
At the municipal election preceding the expiration of the term of office of a prothonotary, clerk of the courts of common pleas, register of wills, clerk of orphans' court or recorder of deeds of any county and every four years thereafter, the electors of the county shall elect an individual to fill the office from the first Monday of January next succeeding the election for a term of four years and until a successor is elected and qualified. If, under this part or other law, it is provided that two or more offices be held by the same individual, only one individual may be elected to hold the office.
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