16 Pa.C.S. § 16950
Vacation as county roads
Pennsylvania · Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Title 16 — COUNTIES · Status: effective
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- 16 Pa.C.S. § 16950, Vacation as county roads, Pennsylvania, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-27, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1381982
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Upon petition of the county commissioners, the court of common pleas may vacate as a county road any portion of an abandoned or condemned road or a road purchased by the county or the permanent location or improvement of a road which has been ordered or made under this part or former acts relating to county roads. All portions of the vacated roads shall become roads of the municipal corporation through which the roads pass. Written notice of the contents of the petition and the time when the petition will be presented to the court shall be given by the county commissioners to the governing body of the municipal corporation through which the road passes at least 10 days before the date of presenting the petition. At the time the petition is presented, the court may fix a time for hearing in open court or may refer the matter to an examiner to take testimony and report findings to the court at a time the court directs. At any hearing in open court or before an examiner appointed by the court, all interested parties may appear and be heard. After the hearing, the court may grant the request of the petitioners and make a decree accordingly or make the order in the premises as the court deems right and just if the court finds the conditions of this part have been complied with. Orders of vacation may not be made until the municipal corporation affected has consented by an ordinance or resolution certified to the court.