Hatboro-Horsham Courthouse Moves To New Location

HATBORO / HORSHAM TOWNSHIP, PA —A new courthouse for Hatboro and Horsham Township is now open while an old one is headed for sale.

Horsham District Court 38-1-22 —which serves Horsham and Hatboro —has moved to 955 Horsham Rd., Suite 100, in the Babylon Business Park in Horsham.

The court can be reached at 215-675-2040.

The court's previous location was at 903 Sheehy Dr., Unit A, in Horsham.

The new courthouse was originally expected to open. The district justice is former state representative Todd Stephens, who replaced retired judges Paul Leo in Hatboro and Harry Nesbitt in Horsham.

Nesbitt recently passed away after serving as district justice for 24 years before retiring in December.

The Hatboro and Horsham Township courts began their consolidation with a new district justice at the start of the year.

Patch was the first to report in October that Montgomery County would consolidate the Hatboro and Horsham courts.

The consolidation was part of a county magisterial district realignment that eliminated the Hatboro court.

The plan stated that Montgomery County has 30 Magisterial Districts while others such as Bucks, Delaware, Chester, and Lancaster counties average 21 districts.

The plan called for boundary realignment of 12 districts while 17 others remained the same with the Hatboro court being eliminated.

That leaves Hatboro with a vacant property located right below the Loller Academy on York Road.

Hatboro Borough Council at its meeting Monday approved the request for proposals to sell the District Court property and to authorize Solicitor Rebecca Geiser and Borough Manager Diane Hegele to proceed with advertising the request for proposals.