Borough Code

Borough Code Updates

Act 2 of 2024 - Omnibus Amendments
Act 28 of 2020 - Decrease in Council Members
Act 4 of 2020 - Selling Real Borough Property
Act 51 of 2019 - Annual Tax Resolution/Ordinance

Borough Code

Click here to download the entire Borough Code in HTML. The 2018 edition (the most recent version) of the Borough Code includes all updates through Act 164 of 2018. Click here for a summary of changes.

For more information you can also visit the PA Local Government Commission website.

For more information on the Borough Code, contact Shelley Houk, PSAB Director of Research, at 800-232-7722, Ext. 1018 or by email at shouk@boroughs.org.

Purchasing Paper Copies
*Please allow up to four to six weeks for your order.*


The PA State Bookstore has copies of the new Borough Code for sale on its website. Copies are $13 each and $2.50 for the 2022 Cumulative Supplement. Leave your Tax Identification Number in the comment section and they will remove the tax before they process the credit card sale.


Visit www.shoppaheritage.com and click here and click here to order the 2022 cumulative supplement. Questions? Call 717-772-1649 or email RA-shoppaheritage@pa.gov.