(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise prescribed by any general rule adopted pursuant to section 503 (relating to reassignment of matters) each community court shall have the jurisdiction which under law was exercised by the municipal court or traffic court or by magisterial district judges, as the case may be, within the judicial district.
(b) Venue and process.--The venue of a community court concerning matters over which jurisdiction is conferred by subsection (a) shall be as prescribed by general rule. The process of the court shall extend beyond the territorial limits of the judicial district to the extent prescribed by general rule.
(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.
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