Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

11 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 10101 (2026)

Short title of part.

✓ current as of May 2026

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PART V

THIRD CLASS CITIES

Chapter

101. Preliminary Provisions

102. Procedures for Incorporation

103. Change of Corporate Title

104. Creation and Division of Wards

106. City Boundaries

107. Elected Officers and Elections

108. Vacancies in Office

109. City Officers and Employees

110. Council

111. Executive Department

112. Mayor

112A. City Administrator

114. City Treasurer

115. City Engineer

116. City Solicitor

117. City Controller and Independent Auditor

118. Accounts and Finances

119. Contracts

120. Police Force

121. Fire Bureau

122. Surveys and Surface Support in Coal Mining Areas

123. Public Health

124. Corporate Powers

125. Taxation

126. Licenses and License Fees

127. Real Estate Registry

127A. Nuisance Abatement

128. Eminent Domain

129. Streets

130. Sidewalks

131. Bridges

132. Sanitary Sewers

134. Watercourses, Flood Protection Projects and Storm Water Systems

135. Utility Service

136. Public Buildings and Works

137. Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Centers

141A. Uniform Construction Code, Property Maintenance Code and Reserved Powers

142. Aeronautics

143. Pensions

144. Civil Service

144A. Veterans' Affairs

145A. Assessments for Public Improvements

146. Collection of Municipal Claims and Compromise of Claims

147. Miscellaneous Provisions

Enactment. Part V was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67, effective in 60 days.

Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 3 of Act 67 of 2015 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law.

CHAPTER 101

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

Sec.

10101. Short title of part.

10102. Definitions.

10103. Excluded provisions.

10104. Construction of part.

10105. Constitutional construction.

10106. (Reserved).

10107. Applicability and ability.

10108. (Reserved).

10109. Publication of notices.

Enactment. Chapter 101 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67, effective in 60 days.

§ 10101. Short title of part.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the Third Class City Code.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2016–2024 · leading case: A. Ziegler v. City of Reading & Reading Area Water Auth., 142 A.3d 119 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016).

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A. Ziegler v. City of Reading & Reading Area Water Auth., 142 A.3d 119 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016). “Residents are Alan Ziegler, Nicholas Bene, Lissette Chevalier, Jose Munoz, and Efrain Caban, individually and on behalf of all similarly situated persons. Act of July 28, 1988, P.”

Solid Waste Svcs., Inc. d/b/a J.P. Mascaro & Sons v. City of Allentown & Waste Mgmt. of PA, Inc. (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2017). “§§ 35101–39701, repealed and codified, effective January 25, 2016, 11 Pa.C.S. §§10101–14702. 10 Section 815 of the Allentown Charter entitled, “Bidding Process,” states: A.”

PPL Elec. Utils. v. City of Lancaster (Pa. 2019). “67, and renumbered 11 Pa.C.S. §§ 10101, et seq. The recodification and renumbering are immaterial to our analysis.”

Electors of the City of York v. M. Helfrich, Mayor of the City of York ~ Appeal of: H. Nixon (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2024). “§ 10801(b)[,] to Fill Vacancy in the Office of Mayor of York City” (Petition to 1 11 Pa. C.S. §§ 10101 – 14702. Fill Vacancy).”

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