Pennsylvania Code (Last Updated: April 5, 2016) |
Title 231. RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE |
PART I. GENERAL |
Chapter 200. BUSINESS OF COURTS |
Section 201. Agreements of Attorneys |
Section 202. [Rescinded] |
Section 203. [Rescinded] |
Section 204. [Rescinded] |
Section 204.1. Pleadings and Other Legal Papers. Format |
Section 205. [Rescinded] |
Section 205.1. Filing Legal Papers. Mailing. Personal Presentation by Attorney Not Necessary |
Section 205.2. Filing Legal Papers with the Prothonotary |
Section 205.3. Filing Pleadings and Other Legal Papers with theProthonotary. Originals and Copies |
Section 205.4. Electronic Filing and Service of Legal Papers |
Section 205.5. Cover Sheet |
Section 206. [Rescinded] |
Section 206.1. Petition. Definition. Content. Form |
Section 206.2. Answer |
Section 206.3. Verification |
Section 206.4. Rule to Show Cause. Alternative Procedures. Exception |
Section 206.5. Rule to Show Cause. Discretionary Issuance. Stay. Form of Order. Rule Inapplicable to Petition to Strike Default Judgment |
Section 206.6. Rule to Show Cause. Issuance as of Course. Stay. Form of Order |
Section 206.7. Procedure After Issuance of Rule to Show Cause |
Section 207. [Rescinded] |
Section 207.1. Motion to Exclude Expert Testimony Which Relies Upon Novel Scientific Evidence |
Section 208. [Rescinded] |
Section 208.1. Motion. Definition. Scope |
Section 208.2. Motion. Form. Content |
Section 208.3. Alternative Procedures |
Section 208.4. Initial Consideration of Motion. Court Orders. Issues of Disputed Fact |
Section 209. [Rescinded] |
Section 210. Form of Briefs |
Section 211. Oral Arguments |
Section 212. Pre-Trial Conference |
Section 212.1. Civil actions to be tried by jury. Notice of earliest trial date. Time for completing discovery and filing pre-trial statement |
Section 212.2. Civil actions to be tried by jury. Pre-trial statement. Content. Sanctions |
Section 212.3. Pre-Trial Conference |
Section 212.4. Applicability of Rules. Eminent Domain |
Section 212.5. Settlement Conference |
Section 212.6. Settlement Conference. Form of Order |
Section 213. Consolidation, Severance and Transfer of Actions and Issues within a County. Actions for Wrongful Death and Survival Actions |
Section 213.1. Coordination of Actions in Different Counties |
Section 214. Preferences on Trial Lists |
Section 215. [Rescinded] |
Section 215.1. [Rescinded] |
Section 216. Grounds for Continuance |
Section 217. Costs on Continuance |
Section 218. Party not Ready when Case is Called for Trial |
Section 219. View of Premises |
Section 220. Challenge to the Array |
Section 220.1. Preliminary Instructions to Prospective and Selected Jurors |
Section 220.2. Sanctions for Violation of Rule 220.1 |
Section 220.3. Voir Dire |
Section 221. Peremptory Challenges |
Section 222. Attorneys as Witnesses |
Section 223. Conduct of the Trial. Generally |
Section 223.1. Conduct of the Trial. Trial by Jury |
Section 223.2. Conduct of the Jury Trial. Juror Note Taking |
Section 223.3. Conduct of the Trial. Actions for Bodily Injury or Death. Jury Instructions on Noneconomic Loss |
Section 224. Regulation of Order of Proof |
Section 225. Summing up |
Section 226. Points for Charge. Motion for Directed Verdict |
Section 227. Exceptions |
Section 227.1. Post-Trial Relief |
Section 227.2. Court en Banc |
Section 227.3. Transcript of Testimony |
Section 227.4. Entry of Judgment upon Praecipe of a Party |
Section 228. Testimony as to Misconduct of a Juror |
Section 229. Discontinuance |
Section 229.1. Settlement Funds. Failure to Deliver. Sanctions |
Section 229.2. Petition to Transfer Structured Settlement Payment Rights |
Section 230. Voluntary Nonsuit |
Section 230.1. Compulsory Nonsuit at Trial |
Section 230.2. Termination of Inactive Cases |
Section 231. Second Action |
Section 232. Counterclaim. Termination of Plaintiffs Action |
Section 233. [Rescinded] |
Section 233.1. Frivolous Litigation. Pro Se Plaintiff. Motion to Dismiss |
Section 234. [Rescinded] |
Section 234.1. Subpoena to Attend and Testify |
Section 234.2. Subpoena. Issuance. Service. Compliance. Fees. Prisoners |
Section 234.3. Notice to Attend. Notice to Produce |
Section 234.4. Subpoena. Notice to Attend. Notice to Produce. Relief from Compliance. Motion to Quash |
Section 234.5. Failure to Comply with Subpoena. Notice to Attend or Notice to Produce |
Section 234.6. Form of Subpoena |
Section 234.7. Form of Notice to Attend |
Section 234.8. Form of Notice to Produce |
Section 234.9. Notice and Acknowledgment of Receipt of Subpoena by Mail |
Section 235. Notice to Attorney General. Constitutionality of Statute. Charitable Bequest or Trust |
Section 236. Notice by Prothonotary of Entry of Order or Judgment |
Section 237. Notice of Praecipe for Final Judgment |
Section 237.1. Notice of Praecipe for Entry of Judgment of Non Pros for Failure to File Complaint or by Default for Failure to Plead |
Section 237.2. Agreement to Extend Time to Plead Following Notice of Intention to Enter Judgment. Judgment of Non Pros or by Default |
Section 237.3. Relief from Judgment of Non Pros or by Default |
Section 237.4. Form of Notice of Praecipe to Enter Judgment of Non Pros |
Section 237.5. Form of Notice of Praecipe to Enter Judgment by Default |
Section 237.6. Form of Agreement to Extend Time |
Section 238. Damages for Delay in an Action for Bodily Injury, Death or Property Damage |
Section 239. Local Rules |
Section 239.1. Pleadings and Legal Papers. Local Rules 205.2(a) and 205.2(b) |
Section 239.2. Petitions. Rule to Show Cause. Local Rules 206.1(a) and 206.4(c) |
Section 239.3. Motions. Local Rules 208.2(c), 208.2(d), 208.2(e), 208.3(a) and 208.3(b) |
Section 239.4. Briefs. Local Rule 210 |
Section 239.5. Preliminary Objections. Local Rule 1028(c) |
Section 239.6. Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. Local Rule 1034(a) |
Section 239.7. Motion for Summary Judgment. Local Rule 1035.2(a) |
Section 239.8. Local Rules. Promulgation. Publication. Effective Date |
Section 239.9. Electronic Filing. Local Rule 205.4 |
Section 240. In Forma Pauperis |
Section 247. [Rescinded] |
Section 247.1. [Rescinded] |
Section 248. Modification of Time |
Section 249. Authority of Individual Judge |
Section 250. Scope of Chapter |