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§ 4121. Assignment of judges

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureEffective: January 31, 2005

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure (Refs & Annos)
Part V. Administration of Justice Generally
Chapter 41. Administration of Justice
Subchapter B. Temporary Assignment of Judges and Magisterial District Judges (Refs & Annos)
Effective: January 31, 2005
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 4121
§ 4121. Assignment of judges
Currentness
(a) General rule.--Subject to general rules any judge may be temporarily assigned to another court and may there hear and determine any matter with like effect as if duly commissioned to sit in such other court.
(b) Senior judges.--A senior judge may, with his consent, be assigned on temporary judicial service pursuant to subsection (a).
(c) Exception.--Only a judge who is a member of the bar of this Commonwealth shall be temporarily assigned to a court to which only members of the bar of this Commonwealth may be appointed or elected pursuant to section 3101 (relating to qualifications of judicial officers generally). A judge of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court or the Traffic Court of Philadelphia may be temporarily assigned to a magisterial district with the same effect as an assignment pursuant to section 4122 (relating to assignment of magisterial district judges).

Credits

1976, July 9, P.L. 586, No. 142, § 2, effective June 27, 1978. Amended 1978, April 28, P.L. 202, No. 53, § 10(50.1), effective June 27, 1978; 1980, Oct. 5, P.L. 693, No. 142, § 501(a), effective in 60 days; 2004, Nov. 30, P.L. 1618, No. 207, § 18, effective Jan. 31, 2005.
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 4121, PA ST 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 4121
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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