NORTHAMPTON COUNTY Amended Administrative Order 2006-7--In Re: Posting Bail; AD-233-2006 [36 Pa.B. 4722]
[Saturday, August 26, 2006]Amended Administrative Order And Now, this 9th day of August, 2006, the court adopts Rule N520(b), Posting Bail, effective immediately. The version of Rule N520(b) adopted by administrative order July 20, 2006, is hereby rescinded.
By the Court
ROBERT A. FREEDBERG,
President JudgeRule N520(B) Posting Bail
(1) Prior to filing of the transcript with the Office of the Clerk of the Criminal Division, bail may be posted on regular business days--
(A) from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the office of the magisterial district court where the case is pending or,
(B) from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Office of the Clerk of the Criminal Division.
(2) After filing of the transcript with the Office of the Clerk of the Criminal Division, bail may be posted on regular business days from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Office of the Clerk of the Criminal Division.
(3) Bail may be posted at any other time at the Northampton County Prison. Said bail shall be posted with a corrections officer designated by the Director of the Department of Corrections and deputized by the Clerk of the Criminal Division. The corrections officer is authorized to accept the bail and, pursuant to PA.R.CRIM.P. 525, to release the defendant upon execution of the bail bond.
(4) Bail accepted at the prison shall be forwarded immediately to the Office of the Clerk of the Criminal Division. Upon receipt of the bail, if the transcript has not been filed, the Clerk of the Criminal Division shall notify the magisterial district court where the case is pending that defendant posted bail.
Comment--See PA.R.CRIM.P. 117(c).
--Posting of real estate may not be done at Northampton County Prison.[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-1678. Filed for public inspection August 25, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]
