Pennsylvania Code
Title 210 - APPELLATE PROCEDURE
Part I - RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE
Article II - APPELLATE PROCEDURE
Chapter 25 - POST-SUBMISSION PROCEEDINGS
REMAND OF RECORD
Rule 2572 - Time for Remand of Record

Universal Citation: 210 PA Code ยง 2572

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) General rule.-Except as provided in paragraphs (b) or (c), the record shall be remanded after the entry of the judgment or other final order of the appellate court possessed of the record.

(1) Supreme Court orders.-The time for the remand of the record following orders of the Supreme Court shall be
(i) Seven days after expiration of the time for filing an appeal or petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court in cases in which the death penalty has been imposed, and

(ii) 14 days in all other cases.

(2) Intermediate Appellate Court orders.-The record shall be remanded to the court or other government unit from which it was certified at the expiration of 30 days after the entry of the judgment or other final order of the appellate court possessed of the record.

(b) Effect of pending post-decision applications on remand.-Remand is stayed until disposition of:

(1) an application for reargument;

(2) any other application affecting the order; or

(3) a petition for allowance of appeal from the order. The court possessed of the record shall remand 30 days after either the entry of a final order or the disposition of all post-decision applications, whichever is later.

(c) Stay of remand pending United States Supreme Court Review.-Upon application, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania may stay remand of the record pending review in the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court Prothonotary shall notify the court having possession of the record of the application and of disposition of the application. The stay shall not exceed 90 days unless the period is extended for cause shown. If a stay is granted and the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States notifies the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania that the party that obtained the stay has filed a jurisdictional statement or a petition for a writ of certiorari, the stay shall continue until final disposition by the Supreme Court of the United States. Upon the filing in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania of a copy of an order of the Supreme Court of the United States dismissing the appeal or denying the petition for a writ of certiorari, the record shall be remanded immediately.

(d) Security.-Appropriate security in an adequate amount may be required as a condition to the grant or continuance of a stay of remand of the record.

(e) Docket entry of remand.-The prothonotary of the appellate court shall note on the docket the date on which the record is remanded and give written notice to all parties of the date of remand.

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