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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Specific accounts.--The county controller or county auditors shall audit, settle and adjust the accounts of:
(1) Each parole and probation officer appointed by a court under law who receives money paid under an order, sentence or judgment of a court and report the results of the audits to the court which appointed the officer.
(2) Money appropriated by the county to units of the Pennsylvania National Guard.
(3) Each magistrate or district justice within the county and report the results of the audits to the county commissioners, the Auditor General and the governing body of each political subdivision that is entitled or has a right to receive money collected by the magistrate or district justice.
(4) The treasurer of the county, along with each officer of the county receiving money for the use of the Commonwealth, as may be referred to them by the Auditor General or the Department of Revenue, with the State Treasury and make a separate report to the court of common pleas, together with a statement of the balances due from or to the treasurer or other officer. A certified copy of the report shall be transmitted to the Auditor General or the Department of Revenue, as the case may be, within 10 days after the report is prepared.
(5) Other county funds as may be prescribed by law for the controller or county auditors to audit, settle and adjust.
(b) Taxes, penalties, fines and costs.--All taxes, penalties, fines and costs collected by the county treasurer and belonging to a taxing district shall be entered and carried in the records of the county in the same manner as county money and shall be audited in a similar manner. When the taxes, penalties, fines or costs are paid to the taxing district entitled to them, as provided by law, payments shall be made on voucher checks in the same manner as payments are made of county money.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 Pa.C.S.A. Counties § 14920.1. Audit of additional accounts - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-16-pacsa-counties/pa-csa-sect-16-14920-1/
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