42 Pa. C.S. § 301 : Consolidated Statutes — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE — ORGANIZATION — COURTS AND MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT JUDGES — PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS — GENERAL STRUCTURE AND POWERS — UNIFIED JUDICIAL SYSTEM — Unified judicial system

The judicial power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a unified judicial system consisting of the:

(1) Supreme Court.

(2) Superior Court.

(3) Commonwealth Court.

(4) Courts of common pleas.

(5) Community courts.

(6) Philadelphia Municipal Court.

(7) Pittsburgh Magistrates Court.

(8) Traffic Court of Philadelphia.

(9) Magisterial district judges. All courts and magisterial district judges and their jurisdiction shall be in this unified judicial system.

42 Pa.C.S. § 301

1976, July 9, P.L. 586, No. 142, § 2, effective 6/27/1978. Amended 2004, Nov. 30, P.L. 1618, No. 207, § 12, effective 1/31/2005.