Title 255--LOCAL
COURT RULESWESTMORELAND COUNTY Rule WJ507 Retention of Court Reporter Notes; No. 3 of 1999 [29 Pa.B. 3719] Administrative Order And Now this 1st day of July, 1999, It Is Hereby Ordered that Westmoreland County Rule of Judicial Administration WJ507 is adopted.
By the Court
CHARLES H. LOUGHRAN,
President JudgeRule WJ507. Retention of Court Reporter Notes.
A. Court reporters shall, without request, transcribe notes of all Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption proceedings. The transcript shall be filed in the record. Notes of these proceedings shall be destroyed after the transcript has been filed.
B. In any case, other than an action in Divorce or Annulment, in which the court reporter has transcribed notes and filed a court-approved transcript, the court reporter may destroy the notes 30 days after the date of filing of the transcript. In the event objections to the transcript are filed, the court reporter shall retain the notes until the court rules on the objections.
C. Notes for Divorce or Annulment cases shall be kept for 5 years after the Final Decree is entered.
D. In any case in which no transcript has been prepared, the court reporter shall sort, and the Westmoreland County Records Retention Center shall retain, court reporter notes in accordance with the following schedule:
1. In criminal cases in which the most serious crime charged is a misdemeanor of the first degree or less, the Court Administrator may direct that the notes be destroyed after being retained for 5 years.
2. In felony cases in which the defendant is found ''guilty,'' the Court Administrator may direct that the notes be destroyed after being retained for 50 years.
3. In felony cases in which the defendant is found ''not guilty'', the Court Administrator may direct that the notes be destroyed after being retained for 3 years.
4. In all cases not otherwise addressed in this Rule, the Court Administrator may direct that the notes be destroyed after being retained for 7 years.
E. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections A, B, C and D of this Rule, any party may petition the court for an order directing the retention of particular court reporter notes for a period of time beyond that required herein.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-1122. Filed for public inspection July 16, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]
