Pennsylvania Code
Title 246 - MINOR COURT CIVIL RULES
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 100 - RULES AND STANDARDS WITH RESPECT TO OFFICES OF MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT JUDGES
Rule 112 - Availability and Temporary Assignments of Magisterial District Judges
Universal Citation: 246 PA Code ยง 112
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
A. The president judge of each judicial district shall be responsible for ensuring the availability during regular business hours within the judicial district of at least one magisterial district judge to handle matters requiring attention in civil and possessory actions.
B.
(1) The president judge or his or her
designee may assign temporarily the magisterial district judge of any
magisterial district to serve another magisterial district whenever such
assignment is needed:
(a) To satisfy the
requirements of paragraph A.
(b)
When a magisterial district judge has disqualified himself or herself either at
the request of a party or sua sponte.
(c) To otherwise provide for the efficient
administration of justice.
(2) Whenever a temporary assignment is made
under this rule, notice of such assignment shall be conspicuously posted in all
magisterial district courts affected by the temporary assignment.
(3) A magisterial district judge temporarily
assigned under this rule shall have the jurisdiction and authority of the
office the duties of which he or she is temporarily performing and may continue
to exercise jurisdiction and authority in his or her own magisterial
district.
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