(a) General rule.--In each county of this Commonwealth there shall be one prothonotary for the court of common pleas, who shall be known as the "Prothonotary of (the respective) County."
(b) Multicounty judicial districts.--In multicounty judicial districts the prothonotary shall be the prothonotary of the branch of the court of common pleas established for the county.
(c) Philadelphia.--In the first judicial district there shall be one prothonotary for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County and the Philadelphia Municipal Court, who shall be known as the "Prothonotary of Philadelphia."
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 27 - Office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
Section 2701 - Scope and purpose of chapter
Section 2702 - Place of filing of documents
Section 2703 - Notice of transfer of functions and duties
Section 2705 - Responsibility for reports to executive agencies
Section 2732 - Selection of prothonotary
Section 2734 - Office of the prothonotary
Section 2736 - Matters or documents filed in the office of the prothonotary
Section 2737 - Powers and duties of the office of the prothonotary
Section 2737.1 - Incorrect debtor identified
Section 2738 - Criminal, probate, estates and fiduciary matters
Section 2751 - Clerk of the courts
Section 2752 - Selection of clerk of the courts
Section 2754 - Office of the clerk of the courts
Section 2756 - Matters or documents filed in the office of the clerk of the courts
Section 2757 - Powers and duties of the office of the clerk of the courts
Section 2771 - Clerk of the orphans' court division
Section 2772 - Selection of clerk of the orphans' court division
Section 2774 - Office of the clerk of the orphans' court division
Section 2776 - Matters or documents filed in the office of the clerk of the orphans' court division
Section 2777 - Powers and duties of the office of the clerk of the orphans' court division