Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2731 (2026)

Prothonotary.

✓ current as of May 2026

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SUBCHAPTER B

PROTHONOTARIES

Sec.

2731. Prothonotary.

2732. Selection of prothonotary.

2733. Seal.

2734. Office of the prothonotary.

2735. Staff.

2736. Matters or documents filed in the office of the prothonotary.

2737. Powers and duties of the office of the prothonotary.

2737.1. Incorrect debtor identified.

2738. Criminal, probate, estates and fiduciary matters.

Cross References. Subchapter B is referred to in section 102 of this title.

§ 2731. Prothonotary.

(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."

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1987–2025 · leading case: Laura Hough, in Her Off. Capacity as Washington Cnty. Prothonotary for the 27th Jud. Dist. v. Patrick Ryan Grimm, Esq., in His Off. Capacity as Washington Cnty. Court Adm'r for the 27th Jud. Dist. (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2025).

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Laura Hough, in Her Off. Capacity as Washington Cnty. Prothonotary for the 27th Jud. Dist. v. Patrick Ryan Grimm, Esq., in His Off. Capacity as Washington Cnty. Court Adm'r for the 27th Jud. Dist. (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2025). · cites it 2× “5 See 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 2731, 2732. Each prothonotary “shall have custody of a counterpart of the seal of the court or courts for which he is the prothonotary.”

Berardo v. Comm'r, 54 T.C.M. 344 (Tax Ct. 1987). “In Pennsylvania a prothonotary is analogous to a clerk of court, except that the duties of prothonotaries extend generally to civil matters wile clerks of court generally are responsible for criminal matters.”

Burford v. Delaware Cnty., Pennsylvania (E.D. Pa. 2019). “Plaintiff has no valid claim against Defendant Martinez as “Prothonotary/Clerk of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas” because Pennsylvania statutory law provides that “there shall be one prothonotary for the court of common pleas” in every Pennsylvania county, 42 Pa.…”

— 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2731(a) — 1 case

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