Editing Potter County, Pennsylvania (section)

===Local government===
Potter County constitutes Judicial District 55 in the [[Judiciary of Pennsylvania|Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Judicial Districts|url=http://www.pacourts.us/courts/courts-of-common-pleas/judicial-districts|publisher=Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania|access-date=September 13, 2017}}</ref> The [[Pennsylvania courts of common pleas|Court of Common Pleas]] for District 55 is located in Coudersport, and staffed by a single judge, President Judge Stephen P.B. Minor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Judge's Chambers|url=http://www.pottercountypa.net/post.php?pid=17|publisher=Potter County, Pa.|access-date=September 13, 2017}}</ref> Since about 2001, Potter County's Court of Common Pleas has become a center for filing [[no-fault divorce]]s in Pennsylvania, most of which do not involve any Potter County residents. Under Pennsylvania's unusual [[venue (law)|venue]] rules, divorce cases involving a Pennsylvania resident may be filed anywhere in the state so long as neither party objects. As of 2009, the over 6,000 divorces filed per year in Potter County raised several hundred thousand dollars in revenue for the county's general fund.<ref>{{cite news|title="Untying the knot" in Potter, Cameron Counties|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170913231655/http://www.endeavornews.com/news/2009-06-20/front_page/006.html|archive-date=September 13, 2017|url=http://www.endeavornews.com/news/2009-06-20/front_page/006.html|work=EndeavorNews|date=June 20, 2009}}</ref>

{{Asof|2016}} all areas in the county use the [[Pennsylvania State Police]] (PSP) in a law enforcement capacity, either with part-time police departments or with no other police departments.<ref>{{cite web|last=Klibanoff|first=Eleanor|url=https://whyy.org/articles/half-of-pa-municipalities-rely-fully-on-state-police/|title=Half of Pa. municipalities rely fully on state police|publisher=[[WHYY-TV]]|date=2016-05-04|access-date=2024-07-23}}</ref>