Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes Explained

Purdon’s Pennsylvania Statutes and Constitution
Genre:	Statute
Publisher:	Thomson West until 2008 Thomson Reuters since 2008

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes is an unofficial consolidation of the statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a state of the United States of America.^[1]

Overview

Pennsylvania's statutes are organized into seventy-nine topic groups, ranging from "Aeronautics" to "Zoning," spread across one hundred and seven volumes.

An alternate publication, "Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes Annotated," includes the text of statutes, as well as cross-references, footnotes, and commentary developed over two centuries. The annotated version is comparable to the United States Code Annotated.^{[2] [3]}

In 2007, the Pennsylvania General Assembly struck a deal with Thomson West to post an unofficial version of the statutes for free online, making it the last state to freely provide its statutes online.^[4]

See also

• Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
• Law of Pennsylvania

External links

• Unofficial Purdon’s Pennsylvania Statutes and Constitution at Thomson Reuters

Notes and References

1. Web site: Welcome to the online source for the Unofficial Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes from West . government.westlaw.com. Thomson Reuters. https://web.archive.org/web/20100208214848/http://government.westlaw.com/linkedslice/default.asp?SP=pac-1000. live . 2010-02-08.
2. Web site: Fishman. Joel. Research Guide: PA Constitutional Law. www.lawlib.duq.edu. Duquesne University School of Law. August 2009. https://www.webcitation.org/5lDQwVUWc?url=http://www.lawlib.duq.edu/research_guides/researchguidePAconstitution.pdf. dead. 2009-11-11.
3. Web site: Widener University School of Law. law.widener.edu. Widener University School of Law. June 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20100611004223/http://law.widener.edu/LawLibrary/Research/~/media/Files/lawlibrary/researchguides/papractice.ashx. dead. 2010-06-11.
4. News: State laws now on Web site. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 13, 2007.