Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes is an unofficial consolidation of the statutes of Pennsylvania, a state of the

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. The state's statutes are organized into 79 topic groups, ranging from "Aeronautics" to "Zoning," spread across 107 volumes. An alternate publication, "Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes Annotated," includes the text of statutes, as well as cross-references, footnotes, and commentary developed over two centuries. The annotated version is comparable to the '' United States Code Annotated.'' In 2007, the

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struck a deal with

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to post an unofficial version of the statutes for free online, making it the last state to freely provide its statutes online.

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Unofficial Purdon’s Pennsylvania Statutes and Constitution
at Thomson Reuters Government of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania law {{Pennsylvania-stub

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