Pennsylvania Code
Title 231 - RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 200 - BUSINESS OF COURTS
Rule 239.9 - Electronic Filing. Local Rule 205.4
Universal Citation: 231 PA Code ยง 239.9
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
(a) If a court permits or requires the electronic filing of legal papers with the prothonotary, the court must promulgate a local rule designated Local Rule 205.4 which sets forth in detail the practice and procedure to file a legal paper electronically and includes the matters set forth in this rule.
(b) Local Rule 205.4 shall include the following subdivisions as required by Pa.R.C.P. No. 205.4:
(1) subdivision (a)(1) stating whether the
electronic filing system is permissive or mandatory and specifying the actions
and proceedings and the legal papers subject to the rule,
(2) subdivision (b)(1) setting forth one or
more formats in which legal papers shall be submitted to the prothonotary for
filing. The formats shall include portable document format (pdf) and such other
electronic format, if any, that the court may designate,
(3) subdivision (c)(2) providing a method of
access to the electronic filing website for persons who are not
attorneys,
(4) subdivision (d)(1)
listing the credit and debit cards approved by the court or the prothonotary,
and stating whether the filing fee may be paid by depositing, in advance,
sufficient funds with the prothonotary,
(5) subdivision (d)(3) providing the manner
of payment when the court has designated a third party to operate the
electronic filing system, and
(6)
subdivision (f) providing the practice and procedure to govern the matters
provided for in Rule 205.4(f).
(c) Local Rule 205.4 may contain such additional subdivisions as the court deems necessary to provide a full and complete description of the electronic filing system.
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