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class="infobox-label">Name</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_Cabinet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pennsylvania Cabinet (page does not exist)"> Cabinet </a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data">Governor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Pennsylvania" title="Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania"> Lieutenant Governor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">State Capitol</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="vertical-align: middle; background-color:#EBEBEB;"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">Judicial branch</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Name</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Pennsylvania" title="Judiciary of Pennsylvania">Judiciary of Pennsylvania</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Courts</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Pennsylvania" title="Courts of Pennsylvania">Courts of Pennsylvania</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Pennsylvania" title="Supreme Court of Pennsylvania">Supreme Court of Pennsylvania</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chief judge</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Debra_Todd" title="Debra Todd">Debra Todd</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrisburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Harrisburg">Harrisburg</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania</b> is the governmental structure of the Commonwealth of <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" 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It is composed of three branches: <a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">executive</a>, <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislative</a> and <a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">judicial</a>. The state capital of Pennsylvania is <a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania">Harrisburg</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Executive_branch">Executive branch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Executive branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The elected officers are: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248256098">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{width:100%!important}}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{display:table}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-default{background:transparent;margin-top:4px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-none{float:none}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-collapsible{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div{display:table-cell;padding:0 4px 4px;text-align:center;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main>div{display:table-cell}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallery{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div{display:table-cell;padding:4px;text-align:right;font-size:85%;line-height:1em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div *,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div *{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallerybox img{background:none!important}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images .thumb img{border:solid var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)1px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb{background:var(--background-color-base,#fff)!important}</style><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default"><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Governor_Shapiro.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Josh Shapiro (D) Governor"><img alt="Josh Shapiro (D) Governor" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Governor_Shapiro.jpg/141px-Governor_Shapiro.jpg" decoding="async" width="141" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Governor_Shapiro.jpg/211px-Governor_Shapiro.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Governor_Shapiro.jpg/281px-Governor_Shapiro.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2729" data-file-height="3493" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Shapiro" title="Josh Shapiro">Josh Shapiro</a> (D) <br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Pennsylvania">Governor</a></b></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AustinDavis.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Austin Davis (D) Lieutenant Governor"><img alt="Austin Davis (D) Lieutenant Governor" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/AustinDavis.jpg/156px-AustinDavis.jpg" decoding="async" width="156" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/AustinDavis.jpg/234px-AustinDavis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/AustinDavis.jpg/312px-AustinDavis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="2768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Austin_Davis_(politician)" title="Austin Davis (politician)">Austin Davis</a> (D) <br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Pennsylvania" title="Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania">Lieutenant Governor</a></b></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Michelle Henry (D) Attorney General"><img alt="Michelle Henry (D) Attorney General" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/135px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/202px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/270px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Henry" title="Michelle Henry">Michelle Henry</a> (D) <br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Attorney_General" title="Pennsylvania Attorney General">Attorney General</a></b></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Timothy_Defoor,_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Timothy DeFoor (R) Auditor General"><img alt="Timothy DeFoor (R) Auditor General" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Timothy_Defoor%2C_2024.jpg/135px-Timothy_Defoor%2C_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Timothy_Defoor%2C_2024.jpg/202px-Timothy_Defoor%2C_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Timothy_Defoor%2C_2024.jpg/269px-Timothy_Defoor%2C_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="349" data-file-height="466" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Timothy_DeFoor" title="Timothy DeFoor">Timothy DeFoor</a> (R) <br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Auditor_General" title="Pennsylvania Auditor General">Auditor General</a></b></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stacy_Garrity,_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stacy Garrity (R) State Treasurer"><img alt="Stacy Garrity (R) State Treasurer" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Stacy_Garrity%2C_2024.jpg/135px-Stacy_Garrity%2C_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Stacy_Garrity%2C_2024.jpg/202px-Stacy_Garrity%2C_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Stacy_Garrity%2C_2024.jpg/270px-Stacy_Garrity%2C_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Stacy_Garrity" title="Stacy Garrity">Stacy Garrity</a> (R) <br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Treasurer" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Treasurer">State Treasurer</a></b></div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <p>In Pennsylvania the term for all elected members of the executive branch is four years, with a maximum of two terms. All members of the executive branch are not on the ballot in the same year: elections for governor and lieutenant governor are held in even years when there is not a presidential election, while the other three statewide offices are elected in presidential election years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Departments">Departments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Departments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Pennsylvania_state_agencies" title="List of Pennsylvania state agencies">List of Pennsylvania state agencies</a></div> <p>The Governor's Cabinet comprises the directors of various Commonwealth agencies:<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Health_and_Welfare_Building,_Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Health_and_Welfare_Building%2C_Harrisburg%2C_Pennsylvania.jpg/220px-Health_and_Welfare_Building%2C_Harrisburg%2C_Pennsylvania.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Health_and_Welfare_Building%2C_Harrisburg%2C_Pennsylvania.jpg/330px-Health_and_Welfare_Building%2C_Harrisburg%2C_Pennsylvania.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Health_and_Welfare_Building%2C_Harrisburg%2C_Pennsylvania.jpg/440px-Health_and_Welfare_Building%2C_Harrisburg%2C_Pennsylvania.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The Health and Welfare Building within the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Capitol_Complex" title="Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex">Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Community_and_Economic_Development" title="Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development">Department of Community and Economic Development</a> (DCED)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Aging" title="Pennsylvania Department of Aging">Department of Aging</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Office_of_General_Counsel" title="Pennsylvania Office of General Counsel">Office of General Counsel</a> (OGC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Insurance_Department" title="Pennsylvania Insurance Department">Department of Insurance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Corrections" title="Pennsylvania Department of Corrections">Department of Corrections</a> (DOC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Transportation" title="Pennsylvania Department of Transportation">Department of Transportation</a> (PennDOT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_State" title="Pennsylvania Department of State">Department of State</a> (DOS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_General_Services" title="Pennsylvania Department of General Services">Department of General Services</a> (DGS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Conservation_and_Natural_Resources" title="Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources">Department of Conservation and Natural Resources</a> (DCNR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Emergency_Management_Agency" title="Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency">Emergency Management Agency</a> (PEMA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Health" title="Pennsylvania Department of Health">Department of Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Banking" title="Pennsylvania Department of Banking">Department of Banking and Securities</a> (DoBS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Office_of_the_Budget" title="Pennsylvania Office of the Budget">Office of the Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Environmental_Protection" title="Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection">Department of Environmental Protection</a> (DEP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Police" title="Pennsylvania State Police">Pennsylvania State Police</a> (PSP)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_Office_of_Inspector_General&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pennsylvania Office of Inspector General (page does not exist)">Office of Inspector General</a> (OIG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Human_Services" title="Pennsylvania Department of Human Services">Department of Human Services (formally Department of Public Welfare)</a> (DHS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Labor_and_Industry" title="Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry">Department of Labor & Industry</a> (L&I)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Agriculture" title="Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture">Department of Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Revenue" title="Pennsylvania Department of Revenue">Department of Revenue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Military_and_Veterans_Affairs" title="Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs">Department of Military and Veterans Affairs</a> (DMVA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Office_of_Administration" title="Pennsylvania Office of Administration">Office of Administration</a> (OA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Education" title="Pennsylvania Department of Education">Department of Education</a> (PDE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Drug_and_Alcohol_Programs" title="Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs">Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs</a> (DDAP)</li></ul> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Bulletin" title="Pennsylvania Bulletin">Pennsylvania Bulletin</a></i> is the weekly <a href="/wiki/Government_gazette" title="Government gazette">gazette</a> containing proposed, enacted and emergency rules and other notices and important documents, which are codified in the <i><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Code" title="Pennsylvania Code">Pennsylvania Code</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-pabulletin_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pabulletin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pacode_about_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pacode_about-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legislature">Legislature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legislature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_General_Assembly" title="Pennsylvania General Assembly">Pennsylvania General Assembly</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pennsylvania_State_Capitol.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Pennsylvania_State_Capitol.jpg/220px-Pennsylvania_State_Capitol.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Pennsylvania_State_Capitol.jpg/330px-Pennsylvania_State_Capitol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Pennsylvania_State_Capitol.jpg/440px-Pennsylvania_State_Capitol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2436" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Capitol" title="Pennsylvania State Capitol">Pennsylvania State Capitol</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_General_Assembly" title="Pennsylvania General Assembly">Pennsylvania General Assembly</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Bicameralism" title="Bicameralism">bicameral</a> state legislature composed of 253 members: the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives" title="Pennsylvania House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> with 203 members,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Senate" title="Pennsylvania State Senate">Senate</a> with 50 members.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/List_of_speakers_of_the_Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives" title="List of speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives">Speaker of the House of Representatives</a> or their designated <i>speaker pro tempore</i> holds sessions of the House. The President of the Senate is the Lieutenant Governor, who has no vote except in the event of tie in the Senate, where the vote is 25-25. The legislature meets in the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Capitol" title="Pennsylvania State Capitol">Pennsylvania State Capitol</a> in Harrisburg. Its <a href="/wiki/Session_laws" title="Session laws">session laws</a> are published in the official <i><a href="/wiki/Laws_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Pennsylvania" title="Laws of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania">Laws of Pennsylvania</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-palrb_pamphletlaws_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palrb_pamphletlaws-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which are codified in the <i><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Consolidated_Statutes" title="Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes">Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bieber343_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bieber343-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-palrb_faq_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palrb_faq-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Members of the Senate and the House cannot hold a position in any civic office, and both the houses may expel a member with two-thirds vote. Any member who is expelled for corruption may never run again for reelection in either portion of the legislature.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judicial_branch">Judicial branch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Judicial branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Pennsylvania" title="Judiciary of Pennsylvania">Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pennsylvania_Judicial_Center.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Pennsylvania_Judicial_Center.jpg/220px-Pennsylvania_Judicial_Center.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Pennsylvania_Judicial_Center.jpg/330px-Pennsylvania_Judicial_Center.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Pennsylvania_Judicial_Center.jpg/440px-Pennsylvania_Judicial_Center.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3016" data-file-height="2244" /></a><figcaption>The Pennsylvania Judicial Center within the Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex</figcaption></figure> <p>Pennsylvania is divided into 60 judicial districts,<sup id="cite_ref-courts_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-courts-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> most of which (except <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia</a>) have magisterial district judges (formerly called district justices and justices of the peace), who preside mainly over minor criminal offenses and small civil claims. Magisterial District Judges also preside over preliminary hearings in all misdemeanor and felony criminal cases.<sup id="cite_ref-courts_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-courts-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most criminal and civil cases originate in the Courts of Common Pleas, which also serve as <a href="/wiki/Appellate_court" title="Appellate court">appellate courts</a> to the district judges and for local agency decisions.<sup id="cite_ref-courts_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-courts-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Superior_Court_of_Pennsylvania" title="Superior Court of Pennsylvania">Superior Court</a> hears all appeals from the Courts of Common Pleas not expressly designated to the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Court_of_Pennsylvania" title="Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania">Commonwealth Court</a> or <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Pennsylvania" title="Supreme Court of Pennsylvania">Supreme Court of Pennsylvania</a>. It also has <a href="/wiki/Original_jurisdiction" title="Original jurisdiction">original jurisdiction</a> to review <a href="/wiki/Warrant_(law)" title="Warrant (law)">warrants</a> for <a href="/wiki/Wiretapping" title="Wiretapping">wiretap</a> surveillance.<sup id="cite_ref-courts_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-courts-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Court_of_Pennsylvania" title="Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania">Commonwealth Court</a> is limited to appeals from final orders of certain state agencies and certain designated cases from the Courts of Common Pleas.<sup id="cite_ref-courts_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-courts-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Pennsylvania" title="Supreme Court of Pennsylvania">Supreme Court of Pennsylvania</a> is the final appellate court. All judges in Pennsylvania are elected; the <a href="/wiki/Chief_justice" title="Chief justice">chief justice</a> is determined by seniority.<sup id="cite_ref-courts_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-courts-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In total, 439 judges preside over the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_courts_of_common_pleas" title="Pennsylvania courts of common pleas">Court of Common Pleas</a>, 9 judges preside over the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Court_of_Pennsylvania" title="Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania">Commonwealth Court</a>, 15 judges preside over the <a href="/wiki/Superior_Court_of_Pennsylvania" title="Superior Court of Pennsylvania">Superior Court</a>, and 7 justices preside over the Supreme Court. Elected judges run in 10 year terms, at which point they are required to run in a non-partisan <a href="/wiki/Retention_election" title="Retention election">retention election</a> if they wish to continue to serve.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_government">Local government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Pennsylvania" title="Local government in Pennsylvania">Local government in Pennsylvania</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Philadelphia">Government of Philadelphia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Pittsburgh" title="Government of Pittsburgh">Government of Pittsburgh</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Pennsylvania" title="Local government in Pennsylvania">Local government in Pennsylvania</a> consists of five types of local governments: <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a>, <a href="/wiki/Township_(Pennsylvania)" title="Township (Pennsylvania)">township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borough_(Pennsylvania)" title="Borough (Pennsylvania)">borough</a>, <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">city</a>, and <a href="/wiki/School_district" title="School district">school district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All of Pennsylvania is included in one of the state's <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of counties in Pennsylvania">67 counties</a> and each county is then divided into one of the state's <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of municipalities in Pennsylvania">2,562 municipalities</a>. There are no <a href="/wiki/Independent_city" title="Independent city">independent cities</a> or <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">unincorporated territory</a> within Pennsylvania. Local municipalities are either governed by <a href="/wiki/Statute" title="Statute">statutes</a> enacted by the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_General_Assembly" title="Pennsylvania General Assembly">Pennsylvania Legislature</a> and administered through the <i><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Code" title="Pennsylvania Code">Pennsylvania Code</a></i>, by a <a href="/wiki/Home_rule_municipality_(Pennsylvania)" title="Home rule municipality (Pennsylvania)">home rule charter</a> or optional form of government adopted by the municipality with consent of the Legislature.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Municipalities may enact and enforce <a href="/wiki/Local_ordinance" title="Local ordinance">local ordinances</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pennsylvania enacted the Local Government Commission in 1935, by an Act of Assembly. The commission is one of the oldest in the country, composed of five members of the state Senate and House of Representatives who are appointed by the <a href="/wiki/President_pro_tempore_of_the_Pennsylvania_Senate" title="President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate">President Pro Tempore</a> of the Senate and the Speaker of the House. The commission provides assistance to Members of the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_General_Assembly" title="Pennsylvania General Assembly">General Assembly</a> on researching local issues.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_enforcement">Law enforcement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Law enforcement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Unlike other states, Pennsylvania does not use county sheriff's offices to patrol areas without local police. Some municipalities elect to create or co-create local police departments, particularly to get better response times, have specific patrols of areas, and/or to enforce local ordinances. Others choose to only have part-time departments, with <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Police" title="Pennsylvania State Police">Pennsylvania State Police</a> (PSP) filling the remainder of duties, or to use the PSP as the sole law enforcement agency. Any municipality may choose not to have a police department, and there is no extra cost for fully relying on the PSP. As of 2016<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Pennsylvania&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> 1,287 municipalities in the state used the PSP as their only local law enforcement, making up about 50% of the state's municipalities.<sup id="cite_ref-Klibanoffhalf_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klibanoffhalf-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The full PSP municipalities that have a population of 10,000 or below combined have about 17% of the total number of people in Pennsylvania; these municipalities make up about 50% of the total municipalities in the state. About 80% of Pennsylvania residents live in areas with part-time or full-time police coverage, and those areas combined are 49% of the municipalities in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, about 66% of the municipalities in the state had PSP as the sole law enforcement or had a part-time police force combined with PSP.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Any municipality using PSP may collect about 50% of the funds from any relevant traffic stops which result in ticketed drivers.<sup id="cite_ref-Klibanoffhalf_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klibanoffhalf-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span 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href="/wiki/Washington%E2%80%93Baltimore_combined_statistical_area" title="Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area">Washington-Baltimore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamsport,_Pennsylvania" title="Williamsport, Pennsylvania">Williamsport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York,_Pennsylvania" title="York, Pennsylvania">York</a>-<a href="/wiki/Hanover,_Pennsylvania" title="Hanover, Pennsylvania">Hanover</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of cities in Pennsylvania">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altoona,_Pennsylvania" title="Altoona, Pennsylvania">Altoona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethlehem, Pennsylvania">Bethlehem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler,_Pennsylvania" title="Butler, Pennsylvania">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DuBois,_Pennsylvania" title="DuBois, Pennsylvania">DuBois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easton,_Pennsylvania" title="Easton, Pennsylvania">Easton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie,_Pennsylvania" title="Erie, Pennsylvania">Erie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Greensburg, Pennsylvania">Greensburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazleton,_Pennsylvania" title="Hazleton, Pennsylvania">Hazleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnstown,_Pennsylvania" title="Johnstown, Pennsylvania">Johnstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania" title="Lancaster, Pennsylvania">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_Pennsylvania" title="Lebanon, Pennsylvania">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKeesport,_Pennsylvania" title="McKeesport, Pennsylvania">McKeesport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Castle,_Pennsylvania" title="New Castle, Pennsylvania">New Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottsville,_Pennsylvania" title="Pottsville, Pennsylvania">Pottsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading,_Pennsylvania" title="Reading, Pennsylvania">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania" title="Scranton, Pennsylvania">Scranton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunbury,_Pennsylvania" title="Sunbury, Pennsylvania">Sunbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania">Wilkes-Barre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamsport,_Pennsylvania" title="Williamsport, Pennsylvania">Williamsport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York,_Pennsylvania" title="York, Pennsylvania">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_and_boroughs_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania">Largest<br />municipalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abington_Township,_Montgomery_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania">Abington Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bensalem_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania">Bensalem Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethel_Park,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethel Park, Pennsylvania">Bethel Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Bristol Township, Pennsylvania">Bristol Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania">Cheltenham Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranberry_Township,_Butler_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania">Cranberry Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darby,_Pennsylvania" title="Darby, Pennsylvania">Darby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_Township,_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Falls Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampden_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Hampden Township, Pennsylvania">Hampden Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverford_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Haverford Township, Pennsylvania">Haverford Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hempfield_Township,_Westmoreland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania">Hempfield Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Macungie_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania">Lower Macungie Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Makefield_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania">Lower Makefield Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Merion_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania">Lower Merion Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Paxton_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania">Lower Paxton Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manheim_Township,_Lancaster_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania">Manheim Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCandless,_Pennsylvania" title="McCandless, Pennsylvania">McCandless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middletown_Township,_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Middletown Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millcreek_Township,_Erie_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania">Millcreek Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroeville,_Pennsylvania" title="Monroeville, Pennsylvania">Monroeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mt._Lebanon,_Pennsylvania" title="Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania">Mt. Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norristown,_Pennsylvania" title="Norristown, Pennsylvania">Norristown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Township,_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Northampton Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Huntingdon_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="North Huntingdon Township, Pennsylvania">North Huntingdon Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_Hills,_Pennsylvania" title="Penn Hills, Pennsylvania">Penn Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radnor_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Radnor Township, Pennsylvania">Radnor Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridley_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Ridley Township, Pennsylvania">Ridley Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Township,_Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Ross Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Ross Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaler_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Shaler Township, Pennsylvania">Shaler Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Township,_Berks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania">Spring Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_College,_Pennsylvania" title="State College, Pennsylvania">State College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tredyffrin_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania">Tredyffrin Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Darby_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania">Upper Darby Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Merion_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania">Upper Merion Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warminster_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Warminster Township, Pennsylvania">Warminster Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="West Chester, Pennsylvania">West Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitehall_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania">Whitehall Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="York Township, Pennsylvania">York Township</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Pennsylvania" title="Regions of Pennsylvania">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Mountains" title="Allegheny Mountains">Allegheny Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_National_Forest" title="Allegheny National Forest">Allegheny National Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Plateau" title="Allegheny Plateau">Allegheny Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bald_Eagle_Valley" title="Bald Eagle Valley">Bald Eagle Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_Region" title="Coal Region">Coal Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Valley" title="Cumberland Valley">Cumberland Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Delaware Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch_Country" title="Pennsylvania Dutch Country">Dutch Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endless_Mountains" title="Endless Mountains">Endless Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Valley_(Pennsylvania)" title="Great Valley (Pennsylvania)">Great Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_Valley_(Pennsylvania)" title="Happy Valley (Pennsylvania)">Happy Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_Highlands" title="Laurel Highlands">Laurel Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon_Valley" title="Lebanon Valley">Lebanon Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley" title="Lehigh Valley">Lehigh Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahoning_Valley_(geographic)" title="Mahoning Valley (geographic)">Mahoning Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Main_Line" title="Philadelphia Main Line">Main Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nittany_Valley" title="Nittany Valley">Nittany Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Pennsylvania" title="Northeastern Pennsylvania">Northeastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Tier_(Pennsylvania)" title="Northern Tier (Pennsylvania)">Northern Tier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Pennsylvania" title="North Central Pennsylvania">North Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Penn_Valley" title="North Penn Valley">North Penn Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh%E2%80%93New_Castle%E2%80%93Weirton_combined_statistical_area" title="Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area">Ohio Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oil_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil Region">Oil Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oley_Valley" title="Oley Valley">Oley Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Highlands_Region" title="Pennsylvania Highlands Region">Pennsylvania Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Wilds" title="Pennsylvania Wilds">Pennsylvania Wilds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penns_Valley" title="Penns Valley">Penns Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_(United_States)" title="Piedmont (United States)">Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocono_Mountains" title="Pocono Mountains">Pocono Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge and Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg%E2%80%93York%E2%80%93Lebanon_combined_statistical_area" title="Harrisburg–York–Lebanon combined statistical area">South Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_Valley" title="Susquehanna Valley">Susquehanna Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania" title="Western Pennsylvania">Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Valley" title="Wyoming Valley">Wyoming Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of counties in Pennsylvania">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Adams County, Pennsylvania">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Allegheny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armstrong_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Armstrong County, Pennsylvania">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Beaver County, Pennsylvania">Beaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Bedford County, Pennsylvania">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Berks County, Pennsylvania">Berks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Blair County, Pennsylvania">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Bradford County, Pennsylvania">Bradford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Bucks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Butler County, Pennsylvania">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambria_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Cambria County, Pennsylvania">Cambria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Cameron County, Pennsylvania">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbon_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Carbon County, Pennsylvania">Carbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centre_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Centre County, Pennsylvania">Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester County, Pennsylvania">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarion_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Clarion County, Pennsylvania">Clarion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearfield_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Clearfield County, Pennsylvania">Clearfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Clinton County, Pennsylvania">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Columbia County, Pennsylvania">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Crawford County, Pennsylvania">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Cumberland County, Pennsylvania">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dauphin_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Dauphin County, Pennsylvania">Dauphin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elk_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Elk County, Pennsylvania">Elk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Erie County, Pennsylvania">Erie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Fayette County, Pennsylvania">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Forest County, Pennsylvania">Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Franklin County, Pennsylvania">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Fulton County, Pennsylvania">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Greene County, Pennsylvania">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntingdon_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania">Huntingdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Indiana County, Pennsylvania">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Jefferson County, Pennsylvania">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juniata_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Juniata County, Pennsylvania">Juniata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lackawanna_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania">Lackawanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lancaster County, Pennsylvania">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lawrence County, Pennsylvania">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lebanon County, Pennsylvania">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lehigh County, Pennsylvania">Lehigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Luzerne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lycoming_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lycoming County, Pennsylvania">Lycoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKean_County,_Pennsylvania" title="McKean County, Pennsylvania">McKean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Mercer County, Pennsylvania">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mifflin_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Mifflin County, Pennsylvania">Mifflin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Monroe County, Pennsylvania">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Montgomery County, Pennsylvania">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montour_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Montour County, Pennsylvania">Montour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Northampton County, Pennsylvania">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Northumberland County, Pennsylvania">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Perry County, Pennsylvania">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Pike County, Pennsylvania">Pike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potter_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Potter County, Pennsylvania">Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schuylkill_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania">Schuylkill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snyder_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Snyder County, Pennsylvania">Snyder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Somerset County, Pennsylvania">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sullivan_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Sullivan County, Pennsylvania">Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania">Susquehanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tioga_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Tioga County, Pennsylvania">Tioga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Union County, Pennsylvania">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venango_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Venango County, Pennsylvania">Venango</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Warren County, Pennsylvania">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Washington County, Pennsylvania">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Wayne County, Pennsylvania">Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania">Westmoreland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Wyoming County, Pennsylvania">Wyoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_County,_Pennsylvania" title="York County, Pennsylvania">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/32px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/48px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/64px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="540" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Pennsylvania" title="Portal:Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania 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Alaska">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Arizona" title="Government of Arizona">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_California" title="Government of California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Colorado" title="Government of Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Delaware" title="Government of Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Florida" title="Government of Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Government of Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Hawaii" title="Government of Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Idaho" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Illinois" title="Government of Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Indiana" title="Government of Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Kansas" title="Government of Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Kentucky" title="Government of Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Maine">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Maryland" title="Government of Maryland">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Massachusetts" title="Government of Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Michigan" title="Government of Michigan">Michigan</a></li> <li><a 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