Pennsylvania Code
Title 246 - MINOR COURT CIVIL RULES
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 300 - CIVIL ACTION
Rule 302 - Venue
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
A. An action against an individual may be brought in and only in a magisterial district where:
B. An action against a partnership may be brought in and only in a magisterial district where:
C. Except as otherwise provided by an Act of Assembly or by subdivision D of this rule, an action against a corporation or similar entity may be brought in and only in a magisterial district where:
D. An action upon a policy of insurance against an insurance company, association or exchange, either incorporated or organized in Pennsylvania or doing business in this Commonwealth, may be brought in a magisterial district:
E. An action against an unincorporated association may be brought in and only in a magisterial district where:
F. An action against a political subdivision may be brought in and only in a magisterial district the whole or part of which is located in the political subdivision.
G. A transaction or occurrence which took place on a roadway, highway, railway or body of water designated as a boundary between magisterial districts shall be considered to have taken place in any of the magisterial districts so bounded.
H. The magisterial district judge or the defendant may raise improper venue at any time prior to the conclusion of the hearing. If the magisterial district judge finds that venue is improper and there is a court of proper venue within Pennsylvania, the complaint shall not be dismissed but may be transferred to the court having proper venue.