Section 606. Transfer of dockets and other papers  


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  • (a) Upon the expiration of his or her term of office, the effective date of his or her resignation or removal from office, or upon his or her abandonment of the office or its duties, a magisterial district judge shall deliver all dockets and other official or like papers to the magisterial office established for the magisterial district in which the former or inactive magisterial district judge maintained his or her residence.

    (b) If a magisterial district judge dies in office, his or her personal representatives shall make any delivery required under paragraph (a) of this rule.

    Official Note

    The text of this rule is derived from Rule 16 of the Rules Governing Standards of Conduct of Magisterial District Judges, rescinded March 26, 2015, effective immediately.