Updated on 04/14/08
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Reciprocity Information

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The following states or jurisdictions have reciprocity with Pennsylvania

Alaska Kansas Ohio
Alabama Kentucky Oklahoma
Arkansas Massachusetts South Dakota
Colorado Michigan Tennessee
Connecticut Minnesota Texas
* District of Columbia Missouri Utah
Georgia Nebraska Vermont
Illinois New Hampshire Virginia
Indiana New York *Washington
Idaho North Carolina West Virginia
Iowa North Dakota Wisconsin

 

*For those applicants admitted in the jurisdiction(s) of California, District of Columbia and/or Washington: 

Upon submitting an application under Pa.B.A.R. 204, please include a separate check or money order in the amount of $10.00 payable to the “District of Columbia”, in the amount of $25.00 payable to the “State Bar of California” and/or in the amount of $30.00 payable to the “Washington State Bar Association”. These fees are now required for our character investigation of applicants who have been admitted to the bar(s) of one or more of these jurisdictions.

 

The following states or jurisdictions do not have reciprocity with Pennsylvania

Arizona Louisiana New Mexico
Maine Oregon
* California Maryland Puerto Rico
Delaware Mississippi Rhode Island
Florida Montana South Carolina
Guam Nevada Virgin Islands
Hawaii New Jersey Wyoming
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