Pennsylvania Code
Title 246 - MINOR COURT CIVIL RULES
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 200 - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION; GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rule 209 - Continuances and Stays
Universal Citation: 246 PA Code ยง 209
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
A. Continuances may be granted for cause or by agreement.
B. Continuances shall be to a specific time and date. The magisterial district judge shall note continuances on the docket and shall promptly give or mail to the parties written notice of continuances.
C. Except for good cause shown,
(1) not more than one continuance
shall be granted to each party, and
(2) the aggregate of all continuances shall
not extend the date of the hearing:
(a) beyond
90 days from the date of filing the plaintiff's complaint in proceedings
commenced pursuant to Rule 303, or
(b) beyond 30 days from the date of filing
the landlord's complaint in proceedings commenced pursuant to Rule
502.
D. In all proceedings governed by these rules, the following shall constitute cause for granting a continuance:
(1) the scheduling of
a party's attorney of record to appear at any proceeding under the Pennsylvania
Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement, whether
(a) as counsel for a respondent-attorney
before a hearing committee, special master, the Disciplinary Board or the
Supreme Court;
(b) as a special
master or member of a hearing committee; or
(c) as a member of the Disciplinary
Board.
(2) the scheduling
of a party's attorney of record to appear at any proceeding involving the
discipline of a justice, judge or magisterial district judge under Section 18
of Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, whether
(a) as counsel for a justice, judge or
magisterial district judge before the special tribunal provided for in
42 Pa.C.S. §
727, the
Court of Judicial Discipline, the Judicial Conduct Board or any hearing
committee or other arm of the Judicial Conduct Board; or
(b) as a member of the Court of Judicial
Discipline, the Judicial Conduct Board or any hearing committee or other arm of
the Judicial Conduct Board.
E. Continuances and stays shall be granted in compliance with federal or state law, such as the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 3901 et seq.
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