Pennsylvania Code
Title 246 - MINOR COURT CIVIL RULES
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 200 - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION; GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rule 210 - Practices Prohibited
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
The following practices are specifically prohibited:
(a) The use of depositions or interrogatories for discovery or use at a hearing.
(b) Adding parties after the complaint is filed, except as provided by Pa.R.Civ.P.M.D.J. 513.1.
(c) Attachment proceedings previous to judgment.
(d) Entry of a judgment by warrant of attorney or by confession of judgment.
Comment:
In keeping with the policy of making the procedures in actions before magisterial district judges as simple and nontechnical as possible and in view of the time limitations imposed elsewhere in these rules, it was thought desirable to prohibit specifically the practices mentioned in the four subdivisions of this rule. See also Pa.R.Civ.P.M.D.J. 204 and 381.
Pa.R.Civ.P.M.D.J. 513.1 permits an individual to file an intervention request in a landlord-tenant action.
