(a) These rules shall not be deemed to suspend or affect any Act of Assembly requiring the joinder in an action of a specified number or percentage of electors, taxpayers, stockholders, property owners or other persons.
Rule 2248.Acts of Assembly not suspended.
Adopted June 7, 1940 · Last amended June 3, 1994 · Last verified June 30, 2026
In one sentenceRule 2248 preserves any Act of Assembly requiring the joinder of a specified number or class of persons, leaving those statutes unaffected.
Full Text of Rule 2248
(b) These rules shall not be deemed to suspend or affect the following Acts of Assembly:
(1) Section 18 of the Act approved May 16, 1923, P. L. 207, No. 153, 53 P. S. § 7186.
(2) Section 8411 of the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code, 20 Pa.C.S. 8411.
(3) Section 7540 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 7540.
Plain-English Summary
Some statutes set their own joinder requirements, and this rule keeps them in force. It provides that the joinder rules do not suspend or affect any Act of Assembly requiring the joinder of a specified number or class of persons, so litigants follow the statute and the rules together.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do the joinder rules override joinder statutes?
No. They do not suspend or affect an Act of Assembly requiring joinder of a specified number or class of persons.
Official Note
Official Note: Illustrations of the type of statutes referred to by this subdivision are the Act of June 25, 1919, P. L. 581, Art. IV, § 9(b), 53 P. S. § 12200, requiring twenty qualified elec- tors of a city of the first class to join in a petition to impeach municipal officers; the Act of March 10, 1949, P. L. 30, Art. II, § 242.1, added June 23, 1965, P. L. 139, § 1, as amended, 24 P. S. § 2-242.1, authorizing a majority of the resident taxpayers of an independent school dis- trict to file a petition for its abolition; and the Acts of July 28, 1953, P. L. 723, § 1931, 16 P. S. § 4931 and August 9, 1955, P. L. 323, § 1731, as amended, 16 P. S. § 1731, authorizing appeals by ten or more taxpayers from the report of the auditors or the controller of a county of the second to eighth class. The mandatory joinder requirements of these statutes are not affected by these rules.
Official Note: This section relates to proceedings to enforce a municipal claim.
Official Note: This section relates to the appointment of a guardian for a war veteran.
Official Note: This section relates to declaratory judgment proceedings.
Amendment History
The provisions of this Rule 2248 adopted June 7, 1940, effective February 5, 1941; amended June 3, 1994, effective July 1, 1994, 24 Pa.B. 3010. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (40101) and (15879) to (15880).
Source & verification. Rule text, the Official Note, and the amendment
history are reproduced verbatim from the Pennsylvania Code, Title 231, the official compilation
of rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Last verified June 30, 2026. ·
Official text
Also known as: acts of assembly joinderstatutes preserved joindersavings clause joinder