Pennsylvania Legal Overview: New York The New York metropolitan area covers 23 counties across New York State, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Officially, it is known as the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA MSA. This MSA includes Pike County in Pennsylvania, with the other 22 counties being in New York and New Jersey. The MSA is a part of the larger four-state, 30-county New York-Newark-Bridgeport combined statistical area. Pike County is again the only county in Pennsylvania included in the CSA. Listed below are the major Pennsylvania boroughs and Townships in the New York metro area.
Top Pennsylvania cities for Legal Issues: Milford
1. Pike County is served by the 60th Judicial District of Pennsylvania. The Pike County Court of Common Pleas, located in the county seat of Milford, is the main trial court with general jurisdiction. This court has jurisdiction over all felony cases and civil lawsuits exceeding $12,000. It also handles family law, juvenile, probate and domestic violence cases. Limited jurisdiction magisterial district courts in Milford, Hawley, Shohola and Dingmans Ferry handle local ordinance violations, traffic offenses, misdemeanors, preliminary hearings and arraignments, bail, arrest warrants, and civil lawsuits not exceeding $12,000.
Trending Legal Topics: The appeals process is mostly handled by the Pennsylvania Superior Court, which gets all trial court appeals. The Commonwealth Court handles appeals and disputes involving government agencies. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is the highest court in the Commonwealth, and can overturn or uphold the verdicts of both intermediate appellate courts. All federal court cases in Pike County have to be filed with the Scranton Division of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Federal appeals go to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. |