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Pennsylvania Statutes

By Jenny Hohenstein •  March 30, 2021

Looking to access the Pennsylvania Statutes?  Try the Unofficial Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes from Westlaw, available for free online. This Thomson Reuters website provides access to the unannotated Purdon’s Pennsylvania Statutes and Constitution.  It includes both the consolidated and unconsolidated statutes and is made available thanks to an agreement with the Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau.

For other ways to find the statutes, check out our Pennsylvania Statutes research guide which lists additional options, including annotated versions in both print and electronic formats. The guide also offers a helpful starting place to learn more about the difference between the consolidated and unconsolidated statutes (and why you need both of them) as well as the history of unofficial compilations.

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