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“Pamphlet Laws” 1963-1990 (official title Laws of Pennsylvania)
“Pamphlet Laws”) 1991 - present |
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes |
Pennsylvania Bulletin |
Pennsylvania Code |
Court Opinions and Postings |
Court Opinions and Postings |
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Official Status
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| Website for current laws has Legal Notice link that includes this statement: “Information accessed on this site is not intended to replace official versions of the same information.” |
“A free on-line official version of Pennsylvania statutes is not available.” (link)
Pennsylvania started codifying statutes in 1970 and this process is not completed. Thus, the official version of many statutes is only found in the session laws. |
“The information included at this site has been derived directly from the Pennsylvania Bulletin, the Commonwealth's official gazette for information and rulemaking. We have developed this site so that the latest published information may be accessed every Friday at 9 a.m. EDT, the first moment that the information may be furnished to the public.”
“For an accurate view of this publication, click a link under the “View PDF Links” heading at the bottom of the table of contents page.” (link) |
“Published and distributed by Fry Communications, Inc. In cooperation with the Legislative Reference Bureau under the policy supervision and direction of the Joint Committee on Documents.”
“For an accurate view of regulations, click the (View pdf) link at the end of a chapter heading on table of contents pages.” (link) |
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Website states, “Official opinions are available from the Supreme Court prothonotaries.” These would be print copies. Opinions on website do NOT have citations to the official reporter, only docket numbers and journal numbers. Concurring and Dissenting opinions are both separate documents. |
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Authentication
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Online Preservation
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Permanent Public Access
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Copyright Claimed
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“No part of the information on this site may be reproduced for profit or sold for profit. Please direct questions or comments to info@pabulletin.com“ (link) |
“No part of the information on this site may be reproduced for profit or sold for profit. Please direct suggestions or comments to info@pacode.com. Questions regarding a regulation should be directed to the promulgating agency.” (link) |
No copyright statement on documents or opinion website. |
No copyright statement on documents or opinion website. |
| UELMA Adopted |
Yes. It was passed in 2014, 44 Pa.C.S.A. § 701, et seq. Provisions for authentication and preservation are only triggered if the electronic version is designated the official version. None of the laws in the table above are presently designated as official. |
| Universal Citation Adopted |
Limited. Universal citations provided for published Pennsylvania Superior Court opinions but should only be used before the official Atlantic Reporter citation is available, see here. No evidence of universal citation found for other sources listed including Pennsylvania Supreme Court and Pennsylvania Commonwealth court opinions. |
| Notes/Research |
Pennsylvania’s Legislative Reference Bureau is designated the “official publisher” for Laws of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Code. The applicable court is the “official publisher” for the reported decisions of the Supreme Court, Superior Court and Commonwealth Court. 44 Pa.C.S.A. § 702. |