(a) General rule.--There shall be one community court for each judicial district of this Commonwealth which has elected to establish and which has not elected to discontinue such a court in the manner provided in this subchapter. The community court shall be a court not of record and shall consist of a number of judges determined by dividing the total population of the judicial district as determined by the last officially reported decennial or special Federal census by 75,000. In any judicial district where the aforesaid division results in a remainder greater than 40,000, the judicial district shall be entitled to an additional community court judge. In no event shall any judicial district have less than two community court judges.
(b) Single county districts.--In single county judicial districts the community court of the district shall be known as the "Community Court of (the respective) County."
(c) Multicounty districts.--In multicounty judicial districts the community court of the district shall be known as the "Community Court of the (respective) Judicial District."
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 11 - Community and Municipal Courts
Section 1101 - Community courts
Section 1102 - Establishment or discontinuance of community courts
Section 1103 - Powers of community courts
Section 1104 - Seats of courts
Section 1105 - Jurisdiction and venue
Section 1106 - Lien of judgments
Section 1121 - Philadelphia Municipal Court
Section 1123 - Jurisdiction and venue
Section 1124 - Lien of judgments
Section 1125 - Substitute arraignment court magistrates
Section 1127 - Hearing officers
Section 1141 - Pittsburgh Magistrates Court