Deputy Constables
Each constable may, with approval of the President Judge in the county the constable is elected in, appoint deputies to work under his authority. Each deputy is given the same authority as the constable himself, but serves at the pleasure of the elected constable.
In order to have a deputy constable appointed, the constable must file a petition with the Court of Common Pleas and state the reasons a deputy is needed. A constable must show that a deputy constable is needed due to the volume of business or constable workload.
A constable may appoint election day deputy constables to monitor polling places in their elected districts.
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