Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 30251. Annexation of boroughs and townships; petition to court of quarter sessions

Any borough or township may become annexed to a city of the second class A within the same county, under the circumstances hereinafter set forth and in the following manner, namely:

There shall be presented to the court of quarter sessions of the county a petition, signed by qualified voters of the borough or township proposed to be annexed, equal in number to at least twenty per centum of the highest number of votes cast for any office at the last preceding general election in such borough or township. Such petition shall set forth the desire of the petitioner for the annexation of such borough or township to such city of the second class A and shall request the court to direct that a vote be had upon the question as hereinafter provided. Such petition shall be subscribed by the petitioners within three months immediately preceding the presentation thereof to the court, and shall be verified by affidavit of one or more of the petitioners.