Title 255--LOCAL
COURT RULESARMSTRONG COUNTY Adoption of New Local Rules of Court--2002; No. 2002-0189--Misc. [37 Pa.B. 1962]
[Saturday, April 28, 2007]Order And Now, this 12th day of April, 2007; It Is Hereby Ordered as follows:
1. L.R.C.P. No. 205.4, follows this Order, is hereby adopted as a new Local Rule of Civil Procedure.
2. Certified copies of this Order, with attachments, shall be distributed by the Court Administrator as required by pertinent state rules of court, together with a diskette containing the hard copy version where required.
It Is Further Ordered that the changes to the Armstrong County Local Rules of Civil Procedure shall be effective upon their publication on the website for Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, ujsportal. pacourts.us.
By the Court
JOSEPH A. NICKLEACH,
President JudgeRule 205.4. Limited Electronic Filing and Service of Legal Papers.
The Prothonotary of Armstrong County is hereby authorized to accept for filing, legal papers as defined in subsection (a) of this Rule, by electronic transmission.
(a) As used in this rule, the following words shall have the following meanings:
''legal paper,'' a writ of summons and a complaint in civil action.
(b) A legal paper shall be transmitted electronically to the Prothonotary in the format of Adobe PDF.
(c)(1) The electronic transmission of legal papers shall be accomplished via the website designated by the Prothonotary, accessible at http://www.landata.com.
(2) All parties shall qualify for access to the electronic filing system at the designated website, by complying with the following:
(i) create, and thereafter use, a Username and Password;
(ii) provide account information for the financial institution from which each transaction shall automatically deduct the filing cost; and
(iii) download the required software.
(3) A legal paper electronically submitted after the close of regular business hours of the Prothonotary shall be deemed to have been filed on the immediately following business day.
(d) A filing party shall pay the cost of the electronic filing of a legal paper by an Automated Clearing House (ACH) debit.
(e) A filing party shall be responsible for any delay, disruption or interruption, and assumes the risk of improper or untimely filing as set forth in Pa.R.C.P. No. 205.4(e).
(f) Following the electronic transmission of a legal paper, the Prothonotary shall electronically provide a filing party with an acknowledgment setting forth the time and date the legal paper was received.
(1) If a legal paper is rejected, the Prothonotary shall electronically provide a filing party with the reasons therefor.
(2) Upon acceptance of a legal paper, the Prothonotary shall electronically provide a filing party with a printable version of the document containing an embedded seal.
(g) The Prothonotary need not maintain a hard copy of any legal paper filed electronically except as required to comply with Pa.R.C.P. No. 205.4(b)(2)(ii).
(h) The filing party shall provide a valid return email address with a legal paper transmitted.
(i) The definition of ''legal paper'' as set forth in Section (a) of this Rule is not intended to alter or limit the definition of ''legal paper'' as used in Pa.R.C.P. No. 205.4(g).
Comment
This Rule introduces electronic filing for the first time in the Judicial District. It permits electronic filing of original process only.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 07-735. Filed for public inspection April 27, 2007, 9:00 a.m.]
