Title 16, COUNTIES

(a) County seat.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), each county commissioner, auditor, controller, treasurer, sheriff, recorder of deeds, prothonotary, clerk of courts, clerk of orphans' court, register of wills and district attorney shall keep the individual's resp…

Except as provided under this chapter, each record of a county office shall be open for inspection subject to the rules and regulations provided under the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.

(a) Demand and receipt.--An elected or appointed person, duly commissioned to a county office, shall demand and receive each record, book, draft, plan, paper, seal or other official thing, including public money held in the office, and not provided for under Article XIII.1 of the…

(a) Appointment.-- (1) If a county officer is authorized or required to appoint a deputy, the deputy or principal deputy, if there is more than one, shall, during the necessary or temporary absence of the deputy's principal, perform each duty of the principal and, in case of a va…

(a) Appointment by Governor.-- (1) Except as provided under subsection (b), for a vacancy in a county office created by the Constitution of Pennsylvania or laws of this Commonwealth, and, if no other provision is made under the Constitution of Pennsylvania or under this part to f…

(a) Duty.-- (1) Upon application by the head of a State agency, each county officer shall furnish information and copies of records or documents contained in the respective offices as the head of the agency determines may be necessary or pertinent to the work of the department. (…

If a county officer neglects or refuses to perform a duty imposed on the officer under this part, any other act or by a rule of court, the officer commits, for each neglect or refusal, a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $500.

(a) General rule.--An individual may not be elected to a county office, except the office of district attorney, as provided for under this part, unless the person is: (1) at least 18 years of age; (2) a citizen of the United States; (3) a resident of the county; and (4) has resid…

Each county official or employee may, if authorized by the county commissioners, be reimbursed in accordance with the act of July 20, 1979 (P.L.156, No.51), referred to as the Uniform Mileage Fee Law.

The county shall obtain required security for county officers and employees in accordance with Subchapter B of Chapter 11 (relating to required fiscal security for officers and employees).

(a) Appointment.--Each of the following officers may designate and appoint a solicitor licensed to practice law in this Commonwealth which may be an individual or a law firm, partnership, association or professional corporation: (1) The county treasurer. (2) The sheriff. (3) The …

County officers of each county may organize for themselves a State association as follows: (1) County commissioners, with the county solicitor, the chief clerk to the county commissioners and officers who are counterpart personnel in counties having a home rule charter or optiona…

(a) Purpose.--The purpose of the respective State associations under section 12340 (relating to State associations) shall be to discuss and resolve the various questions arising in the discharge of the duties and functions of the respective officers and to provide uniform, effici…

With the approval of the solicitor's principals, the first and, if appointed, second deputy and the solicitor of the following officers may attend the annual meeting of the principal's respective association with or in place of the solicitor's principals: (1) Controller. (2) Sher…

(a) Elected officers.-- (1) The actual expenses of each authorized elected county officer attending the annual meetings of the county officer's associations shall be paid by the county out of the general fund of the county. (2) Each of the officers, except the county commissioner…

(a) Equal payments.--In addition to the expenses authorized under this subchapter, the necessary expenses of the annual meetings under this section shall be paid in equal parts by each county with officers that are members of the respective associations. (b) Limit.--For county co…

(a) County commissioners, county solicitors and chief clerks.--In addition to the expenses authorized under this subchapter, the necessary expenses of the association of county commissioners, county solicitors and chief clerks shall be apportioned among each county holding member…

(a) Associations and organizations.--The county commissioners may: (1) Join associations and organizations, in addition to the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, concerned with county or governmental affairs. (2) Pay dues to the associations and organizations. (3) …

(a) Elected.--A county commissioner, sheriff, coroner, prothonotary, register of wills, recorder of deeds, treasurer, county auditor or county controller, clerk of courts, district attorney or any other officer of the counties, whether elected or duly appointed to fill a vacancy,…

Each regular or special meeting of the county commissioners and of each board, commission and authority, created by or operating as an agency of a county, shall be a public meeting subject to 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings).