Pennsylvania Code
Title 246 - MINOR COURT CIVIL RULES
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 1200 - ACTIONS FOR EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE RELIEF
Rule 1209 - Service and Execution of Emergency Protection Orders

Universal Citation: 246 PA Code ยง 1209

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024

A. The hearing officer shall provide to the plaintiff a copy of a protection order made under Rule 1208. The hearing officer or, when necessary, the plaintiff shall immediately deliver a service copy of any protection order made under Rule 1208 to a police officer, police department, sheriff or certified constable for service upon the defendant and execution. After making reasonable effort, if the executing officer is unable to serve the protection order upon the defendant in a timely fashion, the executing officer shall leave a service copy of the petition form containing the order with the police department with jurisdiction over the area in which the plaintiff resides for service upon the defendant, and shall advise such police department that the order could not be served.

B. When a protection order is issued under Rule 1208 in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. § 62A 09(a), the hearing officer shall:

(1) within two business days, serve the order upon the police department, sheriff and district attorney in the jurisdiction where the order was entered, and

(2) in the case of a minor victim of sexual violence, serve a copy of the petition and order upon the county agency (as defined by 23 Pa.C.S. § 6303) and the Department of Human Services.

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