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Pennsylvania Statutes

Finding PA Statutes on Legal Databases

Lexis, Westlaw, and Bloomberg Law, available in the library, include access to the current Pennsylvania Statutes. See below for more details.

Lexis and Westlaw also provide access to historical versions of the Pennsylvania Statutes. For more information about finding historical versions of the Pennsylvania Statutes, see the Historical Statutes page of this guide.

Lexis, Westlaw, Bloomberg Law

PA - Pennsylvania Statutes, Annotated by LexisNexis
Available on the library's Lexis computers.

Legislative source information, labeled as "History", can usually be found below the text of the statute section. Additional legislative source information, like "Prior Laws" and "Uniform Laws", is not available on Lexis.

Historical statutes back to 1991 also available. For access instructions, see the Historical Statutes page of this guide.

Pennsylvania Statutes & Court Rules
Available on the library's Westlaw computers.

The "Tools & Resources" box includes the Index, the Popular Name Table, the Unannotated Statutes, and more.

Legislative source information, labeled as "Credits", can usually be found below the text of the statute section. When available, additional legislative source information, like "Prior Laws" and "Uniform Laws", can be found in the "History" tab under the "Editor's and Revisor's Notes".

Historical statutes back to 1988 also available. For access instructions, see the Historical Statutes page of this guide.

Pennsylvania Statutes
Available on the library's Bloomberg Law computers.
From Laws & Regulations > State Laws & Regulations > select PA from the map > Pennsylvania Statutes.

Legislative source information can usually be found below the text of the statute section. Additional legislative source information, like "Prior Laws" and "Uniform Laws", is not available on Bloomberg Law.