List nine (9) laws, or as many as possible if less than nine, concerning clergy that you have found by searching your nearest municipality laws. By municipality, we mean on the village or town level. If there are none, then tell us how you found that out.
When emailing my local township, Straban, I was put into contact with John M. Hartzell, Esquire, who is the Solicitor for Adams County where I reside. I asked the township about clergy law on various levels, whether municipality, county, etc., and was referred to him directly. He has been the Solicitor for the last 10 years, and provides legal advice to the Board of Commissioners so he is familiar with most legal authorities that apply to County powers.
According to his information, the County does not regulate Clergy. There are some laws that relate to them in regards to occupational tax and marriage licenses, which apply to Clergy across the country but is not specified for local Clergy. In those instances, the County has to do the normal determinations on whether a person is a clergy member or an administrator for a church. They also try to determine whether the person can marry people as a valid Clergy, which falls to the Clerk of the Orphans Court, who has the power to issue marriage licenses. These are all secondary to other laws provided by the State of Pennsylvania.
He also commented that he is aware of no ordinance relating to the practice of Clergy to practice their trade. He suggested I additional research under the Department of State in Harrisburg for state-level law regarding Clergy.
