Philadelphia Cnty. C.P. Judicial Administration (introduction)

First Judicial District of Pennsylvania

Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County

Philadelphia Rules of Judicial Administration

Local Rules

Amended 12-14-2021; effective January 1, 2022

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FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia Rules of Judicial Administration

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Philadelphia Municipal Court Civil and Criminal Divisions, in Conjunction with the Public Access

Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania: Case R ecords of the Appellate and Trial

Courts (“UJS Case Records Policy”)

Civil and Criminal Divisions.

Rule *403. Financial Records of the Court of Common Pleas and the Philadelphia Municipal Court … 3

Electronic Evidence Offered During Trials and Evidentiary Hearings in the Philadelphia Court of

Common Pleas, Trial Division.

FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia Rules of Judicial Administration

Rule *101. Title and Citation of Rules. These Rules shall be known as the Philadelphia County

Rules of Judicial Administration and may be cited as ''Phila. R.J.A.''

Note: Adopted on June 14, 2017, effective July 1, 2017. See President Judge General

Court Regulation No. 2017 - 02. Published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on June 24,

2017.

Rule *401. Policy Concerning Access to Case Records of the Court of Common Pleas and

Philadelphia Municipal Court, in Conjunction with the Case Records Public Access Policy

of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania (“Case Records Policy of the UJS”)

(a) Confidential Information. The confidential information listed in Section 7.0 of the Case

Records Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania (“Case Records Policy of the

UJS”) shall not be included in (or shall be redacted from) any document filed with a court or

custodian and shall instead be included on the court-approved Confidential Information Form

which must be filed contemporaneously with the document.

(b) Confidential Documents.

The documents listed in Section 8.0 (A) of the Case Records Policy of the UJS shall be filed

together with the Confidential Document Form. When a document is filed using the First

Judicial District’s Electronic Filing System, the Confidential Document Form will be

generated by the Electronic Filing System upon entry of the requisite information by the filer.

All confidential documents filed in connection with each filing can be uploaded at the same

time. A Confidential Document Form need not be used for case types that are sealed or

exempt from public access pursuant to applicable authority. Confidential documents filed

together with the Confidential Document Form are not accessible by the public; however, the

Confidential Document Form is accessible by the public.

(c) Access to Case Records at a Court Facility

The information described in Section 9.0 of the Case Records Policy of the UJS is not

accessible by the public at any First Judicial District court facility.

(d) Remote Access.