Pennsylvania Legal Resources

This is the homepage for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with links to departments, state government resources, videos, top online services and other pertinent information to the public.

Complete Pennsylvania Manual in .pdf format. Contains information on all areas of PA government, including PA history, constitution, elections, and profiles of government officers.

Serves as a resource for citizens, public officials and members of the media in obtaining Pennsylvania public records under the PA Right-to-Know Law.

All records defined as “legislative records” under the Right-to-Know Law are presumed to be open to the public unless they are exempted by the law. The Right-to-Know policy, contact information and an online request form are available here.

Certain types of legislative records, as defined under the Right-to-Know Law, are presumed to be open to the public. The Senate Statement of Policy, contact information and document request information are available here.

Provides information about the legal community for lawyers, the media, and consumers.

Site of the PA Chamber of Commerce with special topic areas on the environment, human resources, and taxes. Also contains multiple directories, publications, and conferences.

Provides general information about legal service providers in Pennsylvania.

Established in 1981, the Pennsylvania State Data Center serves as Pennsylvania's official source of population and economic statistics. In addition to acting as Pennsylvania's liaison to the Census Bureau, the PaSDC is the state's representative to the Federal-State Cooperative Programs for Population Estimates and for Population Projections. Links to data, publications, products and services, and Census 2010 information are provided.

One of the largest research libraries in the Commonwealth with holdings in almost every area of human concern and with a concentration of resources related to government and business. Information and materials from its collections and automated resources are provided to state government, state institutions and the general public.

Law related directory of Pennsylvania government and legal websites.