Every magisterial district judge shall have power to issue every lawful process to or to be served or enforced by system and related personnel and to make such lawful orders as his official business may require. A magisterial district judge may take affidavits and acknowledgments outside his magisterial district but within this Commonwealth.
(Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)
2004 Amendment. 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 15 - Magisterial District Judges
Section 1502 - Classification of districts
Section 1503 - Reestablishment of districts
Section 1511 - Magisterial district judges
Section 1513 - Powers of magisterial district judges
Section 1515 - Jurisdiction and venue
Section 1516 - Lien of judgment
Section 1517 - Salary (Repealed)
Section 1518 - Philadelphia Municipal Court (Repealed)
Section 1519 - Philadelphia Traffic Court (Repealed)
Section 1520 - Adjudication alternative program
Section 1521 - Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition for summary offenders (Repealed)
Section 1522 - Notice of summary cases involving juveniles
Section 1523 - Parental or legal guardian attendance required at juvenile hearings