Pennsylvania Statutes Title 73 Pa.C.S.A. Townships § 1701. Eligibility

(1) Only a registered elector of a township may be eligible to an elective office in the township.

(2) Before being sworn into office, each elected township officer, or, except as provided under section 1711 (relating to vacancies), each appointed township officer in case of a vacancy in an elective office, shall present a signed affidavit to the township secretary stating that the officer resides in the township, or within the ward in the case of a ward office, from which elected or appointed and has resided in the township or ward continuously for at least one year immediately prior to the officer's election or appointment.

(3) In the case of a newly created ward in existence for less than one year at the time of a township officer's election or appointment, the affidavit under paragraph (2) shall state that the officer has resided within the township continuously for at least one year immediately prior to the officer's election or appointment and within the ward from the date of the ward's creation continuously until the officer's election or appointment.