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Berks Cnty. C.P. Judicial Rules (front matter)
Berks County local rules: Judicial Rules
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF BERKS COUNTY
TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
PART I – COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
(AS OF July 29, 2024)
PART II – ORPHANS’ COURT DIVISION
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BERKS COUNTY
RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
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Rule
1 Title and Citation of Rules
ATTORNEYS
100 Admission to Bar
101 Compliance with Court Orders or Rules
102 Conflicts in Scheduling
NOTICES
300 Form
301 Production of Evidence
302 Posting on Bulletin Boards
303 Withdrawal of Direct Appeal
RECORDS
400 Removal of Records
401 Form of Papers Filed
401.1 Papers Presented By Persons Unauthorized
By State Rules
402 Record of Filing
SURETY COMPANIES
500 Information to be Filed
510 Public Access Policy
TERMINATION OF CASES
1900 Discontinuance and/or Settlement of Active Cases.
Release of Property from Lien
1901 Termination of Inactive Cases
1901.1 Termination of Inactive Criminal Cases in Court of
Common Pleas
1901.2 Termination of Inactive Civil Cases Before
District Justices
1901.3 Termination of Inactive Criminal and Summary Cases
Before District Justices
Rule TRANSCRIPTS
4002 Definitions
4007.1 Requests for Transcripts
4008.1 Transcript Costs payable by a requesting Party other than the Commonwealth or a Subdivision
Thereof
4008.2 Economic Hardship – Minimum Standards
4008.3 Transcript Costs payable by the Commonwealth (including the County of Berks) or a
Subdivision Thereof
4008.4 Additional Costs
4009.1 Fees and Procedures
4010.1 Format of Transcript
4011.1 Deadline for Delivery of Transcript
CUSTODY OF EXHIBITS AND COURT PROCEEDINGS
5101 Custody of Exhibits. Exclusion of Certain Proceedings.
5102 Custody of Exhibits. General Provisions.
5103 Custody of Exhibits. Special Provisions.
LIBRARY
6000 Law Library
TITLE AND CITATION OF RULES
Provenance
- Source
- www.berkspa.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-30
- Edition
- 2026-09-30
- Content hash
535dac8944d67438888f5279c9a55d7e7141cb8a56e83036f7732e564c9ea7c4
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