 The "Landcommissariat" of Kusel (as of 1862 the "Bezirksamt" of Kusel) consisted of the cantons of Kusel, Lauterecken and Wolfstein.Rutsweiler was grouped into this last canton and was administered by the Mayoralty of Neunkirchen until 1825, and then by the Mayoralty of Mühlbach from 1826 to 1853.After a petition in 1829, the municipality, together with Mühlbach and Bedesbach, was transferred out of the canton of Wolfstein on 1 January 1836 and into the canton of Kusel by reason of the better accessibility under this arrangement.