Berks Cnty. C.P. Judicial Rules Rule 401

Filing Fee Required, Unless Excused

(a) Each paper filed in any legal proceeding with the prothonotary or clerk of courts shall:

(1) be written in ink, typewritten or printed;

(2) contain a caption as that term is defined in Pa.R.C.P. 1018; and

(3) be endorsed with the name and address of the attorney presenting it, or if there be no

attorney, with the name and address of the party presenting it.

A paper which does not comply with all of the above requirements shall nevertheless be

received and filed by the prothonotary or clerk of courts.

The prothonotary or clerk of courts, as the case may be, shall forthwith notify the judge

assigned to the case, or if no judge is assigned to the case, the president judge, of such non-complying

paper and the judge shall issue a rule as of course upon the party filing the non-complying paper to show

cause why such paper should not be replaced with a paper meeting all requirements of this rule or be

stricken.

(b) Anything in subsection (a) above to the contrary notwithstanding, the prothonotary and clerk of

courts shall not enter any paper upon the record without payment of the required filing fee, unless such

payment is excused by statute, rule or order of court.