Request Municipal Codes
Requesting the Second Class Township Code published by the Commission?
- Please make your request, at no cost, through your State Senator or State Representative, or purchase the code on-line from www.SHOPpaheritage.com (opens in a new window).
Requesting the Borough Code (Title 8 (opens in a new window) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes) or the Third Class City Code (Title 11 (opens in a new window) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes)? (opens in a new window)
- Order copies of Title 8 (opens in a new window) or Title 11 (opens in a new window) on-line, for a fee, from www.SHOPpaheritage.com (opens in a new window); or
- Take out a paid subscription for Title 8 (opens in a new window) or Title 11 (opens in a new window) and supplements of amendatory acts directly from the LRB. Either send a letter to Carole Hoover, Legislative Reference Bureau, Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, 642 Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 783-1960; submit a fax addressed to Ms. Hoover at (717) 787-3341; or email PaCSSubscription@palrb.us. When sending a request, please do so on letterhead with an indication of the number of subscriptions, contact name and telephone number, and address of where to send the publications.
Requesting a First Class Township Code?
- Currently, the First Class Township Code is available online only. Act 96 (opens in a new window) of 2020 comprehensively updated and revised the First Class Township Code. As with other code revisions, the Commission staff is working with the Legislative Reference Bureau to place the revised First Class Township Code into Title 73 (opens in a new window) (Townships) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes at some point in the 2021-2022 Legislative Session. During this transitional period, no printed copies will be produced. The revised First Class Township can be found here. Revised First Class Township (opens in a new window)
Requesting a County Code?
- Currently, the County Code is available online only. Act 154 (opens in a new window) of 2018 comprehensively updated and revised the County Code (opens in a new window). As with other code revisions, the Commission staff is working with the Legislative Reference Bureau to place the revised County Code into Title 16 (opens in a new window) (Counties) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes some time in 2020. During this transitional period, no printed copies will be produced. The revised County Code can be found here Revised County Code (opens in a new window).
Accessing any of the municipal codes on-line?
- Link directly to the Pennsylvania Municipal Codes through our website.