Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Electronic Filing Rules
6 rules from official source documents
Electronic filing requirements, permitted filing channels, EFSP portals, and exceptions.
CRITICALCriminal cases
Specified excluded, confidential, and oversized legal papers may not be e-filed and must be maintained in paper format.
Legal papers which may not be filed electronically are those excluded by Pa.R.Crim.P. 576.1(C)(1)-(6), plus: (1) confidential documents, including but not limited to drug and alcohol assessments, mental health evaluations and reports, and medical records; (2) oversized documents or documents that cannot be reduced to 8½ x 11 inches; Legal papers that are not permitted to be filed electronically shall be maintained in a physical paper format.
CRITICALCriminal cases
Specified documents, including confidential and oversized papers, may not be electronically filed and must be kept in physical paper format.
E. Legal papers which may not be filed electronically are those excluded by Pa.R.Crim.P. 576.1(C)(1)—(6), plus: (1) confidential documents, including but not limited to drug and alcohol assessments, mental health evaluations and reports, and medical records; (2) oversized documents or documents that cannot be reduced to 8 \frac{1}{2} \times 11 inches; Legal papers that are not permitted to be filed electronically shall be maintained in a physical paper format.
CRITICALCriminal cases
Attorneys and unrepresented defendants who decline PACFile or cannot use or access it may file hard copies and must receive hard copies of electronically filed papers.
C. Attorneys and defendants proceeding without counsel who decline to participate in the PACFile System, or who are unable to electronically file or accept service of legal papers which were filed electronically, or are otherwise unable to access the PACFile System, shall be able to file legal papers in a physical paper format (a hard copy), in accordance with Pa.R.Crim.P. 576, and shall be served with a hard copy of legal papers which were electronically filed in accordance with Pa.R.Crim.P. 576.
WARNINGCriminal cases
Filing through PACFile is optional, not mandatory.
Electronic filing through the PACFile System is voluntary, not mandatory.
WARNINGCriminal cases
Attorneys and unrepresented defendants who decline or cannot use PACFile may file paper copies and must be served paper copies of electronically filed papers.
Attorneys and defendants proceeding without counsel who decline to participate in the PACFile System, or who are unable to electronically file or accept service of legal papers which were filed electronically, or are otherwise unable to access the PACFile System, shall be able to file legal papers in a physical paper format (a hard copy), in accordance with Pa.R.Crim.P. 576, and shall be served with a hard copy of legal papers which were electronically filed in accordance with Pa.R.Crim.P. 576.
INFOCriminal cases
Filing through PACFile is voluntary rather than mandatory.
B. Electronic filing through the PACFile System is voluntary, not mandatory.
Is electronic filing required in Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania?
Specified excluded, confidential, and oversized legal papers may not be e-filed and must be maintained in paper format.
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