Lehigh County Government
The document used to govern the County of Lehigh
What is the Home Rule Charter?
A written document that moves property ownership from the grantor to the grantee
What is a deed?
The room used to obtain copies of filed and recorded documents, along with conducting research on properties, individuals, and/or businesses
What is Public Review?
The number of Naturalization Ceremonies held in Lehigh County each year
What is four(4)?
The American steelmaking manufacturing company that was considered one of the world's largest
steel-producing and shipbuilding companies until 2003
What is Bethlehem Steel?
The population of Lehigh County described as a class
What is 3rd class?
A publicly commissioned official who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of legal document(s)
What is a notary
The four divisions of the Clerk of Judicial Records office
What are Civil, Criminal, ROW, and ROD?
The current number of full time sitting judges in Lehigh County
What is 10?
The county that we split from to be established as our own county
What is Northampton?
The number of elected officials except judges that serve Lehigh County
What is 15?
This type of law is comprised of custody, divorce, and PFAs
What is Family Court?
The inheritance tax rate on assets of a decedent if being transferred to a sibling
What is 12%?
This court is considered the trial court of Pennsylvania
What is the Court of Common Pleas?
Lehigh County was officially established in this year
What is 1812?
The term length for Lehigh County elected officials except judges
What is four(4) years?
A person appointed to carry out the terms of a will
What is an executor?
The divisions of the Clerk of Judicial Records office that accept filings and recordings electronically.
What are all four divisions?
The length of a term for a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
What is 10 years?
Lehigh County is home to the third largest city in PA, Allentown, after which two cities
What are Philadelphia and Pittsburgh?
The elected officials considered ROW officers
Who are the Sheriff, Controller, COJR, and Coroner?
The process of erasing or removing a record of criminal conviction
What is expungement?
The six states that have inheritance tax
Pennsylvania, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Nebraska, and New Jersey
The first level of judiciary authority in the state of PA, handles all traffic cases, and is the type of court in Judge Judy
What is Magisterial District Court?
This is the size of Lehigh County in square miles
What is 348 square miles?