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Before providing remote access to Case Records or dockets to the public,

each Court or Division of the First Judicial District must insure that the information and

documents listed and described in Section 10.0 are not remotely accessible by the public.

(e) Fee Schedules. The First Judicial District shall adopt a Fee Schedule, as provided in Section

6.0 of the Case Records Policy of the UJS, which shall be posted on the court’s website at

www.courts.phila.gov and posted in each court facility’s filing office in an area accessible to

the public.

Note: Adopted by the Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District of

Pennsylvania on November 13, 2017, effective January 6, 2018. See Administrative

Governing Board Order No. 02 of 2017. Published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on

December 2, 2017. Amended by Order dated December 14, 2021, effective on January 1,

2022.

Rule *402. Electronic Case Records. Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County and

Philadelphia Municipal Court.

(a) Electronic case record information maintained by the First Judicial District is available as

provided in this rule to the extent its release is authorized or restricted by law, state and local

rules, and applicable policies of the Unified Judicial System.

(b) Requests for electronic case record information shall be made on forms provided by the First

Judicial District from time to time.

(c) Standard reports will be made available to Requesters upon payment of the requisite fee.

Requests for combined electronic case records (“bulk records”) shall be reviewed and

approved on a case-by-case basis. Any request for bulk records that can be compiled using an

existing report format shall be granted. Any request for bulk records or data which cannot be

compiled using an existing report format will be granted if the request is not onerous, and the

First Judicial District has available personnel and resources needed to compile the information

requested without adversely impacting the operations of the First Judicial District or otherwise

disrupting its orderly and efficient case flow.

(d) Requests for electronic case records will be subject to fees and costs adopted by the First

Judicial District from time to time. T he First Judicial District must assess, charge and collect

the fees and other charges that are required by law and other legal authority. See, e.g. 42 Pa.C.S.

§ 1725, 42 P.S. §21015 et seq., and 42 P.S. § 21081.

(1) The First Judicial District shall adopt a Public Access Fee Schedule which shall be posted

on the court’s website at www.courts.phila.gov and posted in each court facility’s filing

office in an area accessible to the public.

(2) The Public Access Fee Schedule may be amended from time to time by the First Judicial

District.