Clerk of the courts

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(a) General rule.--In each county of this Commonwealth there shall be a clerk of the courts for the court of common pleas who shall be known as the "Clerk of the Courts of (the respective) County."

(b) Multicounty judicial districts.--In multicounty judicial districts the clerk of the courts shall be the clerk of the courts of the branch of the court of common pleas established for the county.

(c) Philadelphia.--In the first judicial district there shall be a clerk of the courts for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County and the Philadelphia Municipal Court, who shall be known as the "Clerk of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia."


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