933 Public access policy of The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania: official case records ofthe magisterial district court; no. 08-2750

Title 255—LOCAL
COURT RULES

DELAWARE COUNTY

Public Access Policy of The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania: Official Case Records of the Magisterial District Court; No. 08-2750

[40 Pa.B. 2635]
[Saturday, May 22, 2010]

 And Now, this 6th day of May, 2010, in accordance with the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 4301(b), and pursuant to the Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania: Official Case Records of the Magisterial District Courts adopted by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court effective July 1, 2010, It Is Hereby Ordered that the following procedures shall be utilized to ensure a policy is in place to govern public access to the records of the Magisterial District Courts within the 32nd Judicial District. This policy supplants the existing Public Access Policy of the United Judicial System of Pennsylvania: Magisterial District Courts, found at 204 Pa. Code §§ 213.1 and 213.11.

 It Is Further Ordered that seven (7) certified copies of this Order shall be filed with the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts; that two (2) certified copies and one (1) diskette shall be filed with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin; that one (1) certified copy shall be filed with the Civil Procedural Rules Committee of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; one (1) copy to the Delaware County Legal Journal for publication, and that one (1) copy shall be filed with the Office of Judicial Support—Civil—of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County.

 1. Public Request Access

 (a) Verbal requests for records are to be filled within 48 hours.

 (b) Information subject to a sealing order, restricted by law or court rule, and the court's notes, drafts and work product are not accessible to the public.

 (c) Magisterial district courts have the discretion to require that a ''complex or voluminous'' request be submitted in writing on a form supplied by AOPC. Exactly what is ''complex or voluminous'' may vary from court to court depending on factors such as court resources and case load.

 (d) All denials for record requests must be issued in writing and the requestor, within 15 business days of notification of the decision, can appeal such a denial to the Administrator of the Administrative Office for Magisterial District Judges, 100 West Front Street, Media, PA 19063-3208.

 2. Fee Schedule

 (a) Copying per page—$.25.

 (b) Preparing, copying and refiling requested court documents—$8.00 per 1/4 hour with a minimum of 1/4 hour.

 (c) Estimated costs to be prepaid.

 (d) Fees paid for services rendered are nonrefundable.

 3. The effective date of this Order shall be July 1, 2010.

By the Court

JOSEPH P. CRONIN, Jr., 
President Judge

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-933. Filed for public inspection May 21, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]