Beaver Cnty. C.P. Local Rules Criminal Procedure Rule 117

(1) All Magisterial District Judge Offices shall be open for regular business on Mondays

through Fridays from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. prevailing time.

(2) Magisterial District Judges shall be available 24 hours per day, every day of the

calendar year to provide continuous coverage for the issuance of warrants, pursuant to

Pa.R.Crim.P. 203; arrest warrants pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 513; requests to accept bail

and to issue emergency orders under the Protection from Abuse Act. The Magisterial

District Judges shall satisfy this rule by remaining on-call during non-regular business

hours on a rotating basis pursuant to a schedule prepared by the Court Administrator. The

schedule shall be distributed and publicized pursuant to past practice.

(3) Magisterial District Judges shall be available during non-regular business hours each

day at 8:30 A.M. and 8:30 P.M. for the purpose of providing the services set forth in

Pa.R.Crim.P. 117(A)(2)(a), (b), (c) and (d). The availability of each Magisterial District

Judge shall be on a rotating basis pursuant to the same schedule proposed pursuant to

subdivision (2) and shall be publicized pursuant to past practice.

(4) Magisterial District Judges shall be available during regular business hours for all

other business.

(5) Each Magisterial District Judges shall be available to preside over preliminary

hearings at the Beaver County Courthouse, or such other location that may be established

for “Central Court”, on a rotating basis pursuant to a schedule prepared by the Court

Administrator.