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42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 912 (2026)

 Powers of courts of common pleas.

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§ 912.  Powers of courts of common pleas.

Every court of common pleas shall have power to issue, under its judicial seal, every lawful writ and process to or to be served or enforced by system and related personnel as such courts have been heretofore authorized by law or usage to issue. Every judge of a court of common pleas shall have all the powers of a judge or magisterial district judge of the minor judiciary.

(Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)

 

2004 Amendment.  See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 22 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1980–2021 · leading case: In Re: Return of Seized Prop. of Lackawanna Cty, 212 A.3d 1 (Pa. 2019).
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In Re: Return of Seized Prop. of Lackawanna Cty, 212 A.3d 1 (Pa. 2019). · cites it 2× “” 42 Pa.C.S. §912. And Section 1515 of the Judicial Code expressly states magisterial district judges shall have jurisdiction “to issue warrants and perform duties of a similar nature[.”
Com. v. Goldman,T., 252 A.3d 668 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2021). “Appellant points to the fashion in which he was tried, asserting: “[i]n a summary trial presided over by the court of common pleas, the judge sits ‘necessarily’ as a magist[erial district judge] pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 912[,4] thus entitling a criminal defendant to a trial de…”
In Re Handwriting Exemplar of Casale, 517 A.2d 1260 (Pa. 1986). “Every court of common pleas shall have power to issue, under its judicial seal, every lawful writ and process to or to be served or enforced by system and related personnel as such courts have been heretofore authorized by law or usage to issue.”
In re Est. of Petro, 694 A.2d 627 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1997). “See 42 Pa.C.S. § 912 (Powers of courts of common pleas); see also U.”
Ettelman v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Transp., Bureau of Driver Licensing, 92 A.3d 1259 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2014). “See also 42 Pa. C.S. § 912 (relating to powers of courts of common pleas).”
Stover v. Workmen's Comp. Appeal Bd., 671 A.2d 1217 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1996). · cites it 3× “Section 912 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 912, empowers the courts, generally, to issue all lawful orders, including stays of proceedings.”
Jackson v. Pennsylvania Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 951 A.2d 1238 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2008). “See Section 912 of the Judicial Code, as amended, 42 Pa.C.S. § 912: “Every judge of a court of common pleas shall have all the powers of a judge or magisterial district judge of the minor judiciary.”
Goodwine v. Pennsylvania Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 960 A.2d 184 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2008). “The inherent power of judges was placed in the Judicial Code at 42 Pa.C.S. § 912. That provision states: "Every court of common pleas shall have power to issue, under its judicial seal, every lawful writ and process to or to be served or enforced by system and related personnel…”
Cass Plumbing & Heating Co. v. PPG Indus., Inc., 416 A.2d 1142 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1980). “See 42 Pa. C.S. §§912, 931-934. Finally, the plaintiffs in Count VII say that the city Planning Commission offended the Local Agency *613 Law, 2 Pa.”
Commonwealth v. Marks Contracting, Ltd., 850 A.2d 873 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2004). “42 Pa.C.S. § 912. . P.L. 396, as amended, 71 P.”
Cent. Pa. Ret. Asso. Appeal, 510 A.2d 868 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1986). “See Section 912 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa. C. S. §912. [3] See Section 1302 of The Borough Code, Act of February 1, 1966, P.”
Lower Merion Sch. Dist. v. Montgomery Cnty. Bd. of Assessment Appeals, 642 A.2d 1142 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1994). “Under 42 Pa.C.S. § 912, which the legislature adopted after Butz , and which enumerates the trial court’s power to issue writs: Every court of common pleas shall have power to issue, under its judicial seal, every lawful writ and process to or to be served or enforced by system…”
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