Acceptable Documentation to Verify Legal Residence and Domicile
The Department
of Personnel & Civil Service Commission will accept the following
documents to verify legal residence, also known as domicile. Additionally, the City reserves the
right at all times to request clarification and/or other supporting
evidence and documentation to ensure that City employees are compliant
with Pittsburgh Code Chapter 181.02: "All City employees and officials…shall be domiciled in the City at the time of their initial appointment and shall continuously maintain their domicile within the City throughout the terms of their employment with the City."
Under Pennsylvania law, a person can have only one legal residence or domicile. It is the place at which an individual has his fixed family home and principal establishment. Once established, an existing domicile is presumed to continue until a new one is shown to have been adopted.
One
of the following documents must be presented to prove domicile and legal residence:
In
addition, two of the following supporting documents, showing
the City address, must be presented:
- Vehicle Registration Card
- Vehicle Insurance Card
- *Current Gas Bill
- *Current Electric Bill
- *Current Telephone Bill
- *Current Cell Phone Bill
- *Current Cable Bill
*NOTE:
A letter from the representative company confirming it is establishing
service for the new resident is acceptable.
Prior to purchasing
or renting a place of residence, applicants and employees may call
the City of Pittsburgh Department of Personnel and Civil Service
Commission at 412-255-2710 to verify that the
property is located within the City of Pittsburgh.
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