Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County, Pennsylvania Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

A praecipe for argument must use the form approved and revised by the court.

(2) The praecipe for argument shall be in the form approved and revised from time to time by the court.

CRITICAL

An exhibit attached to a petition must be a legible photocopy or other reproduction of the original.

Any Exhibit attached thereto shall be a legible photocopy or other reproduction of the original.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Administrative order copy

The electronic copy sent to the Legislative Reference Bureau must be in Microsoft Word format.

File two (2) paper copies and one (1) electronic copy in Microsoft Word format only to bulletin@palrb.us with Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin;

CRITICAL

Pleadings and other legal papers must be double-spaced on white letter-size paper, secured with a metal or plastic fastener, and free of gummed or taped substances.

All pleadings and other legal papers shall be printed in double space on white paper size 8 1/2 x 11 inches and secured by an appropriate metal or plastic fastener. The use of a gummed or taped substance is not permitted.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Audio or visual recording

Audio or visual recordings must be submitted on CD or USB, along with any proprietary or uncommon software needed to play them.

Audio or visual recordings shall be submitted via a CD or USB flash drive; any proprietary or uncommon software necessary to play the recording must be included.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Voluminous documentary exhibit

Voluminous documentary exhibits must be submitted digitally on CD or USB in a common format, with a filename identifying the exhibit.

Voluminous documentary exhibits shall be submitted digitally via a CD or USB flash drive in a common format such as PDF with a file name identifying the exhibit.

CRITICAL

Exhibits attached to briefs must be identified and tabbed at the bottom of the page.

(c) Any exhibits attached thereto must be tabbed at the bottom of the page and identified.

CRITICAL

Briefs must be double-spaced, single-sided, and printed on white letter-size paper; quotations are excepted from the double-spacing requirement.

(a) Except for quotations, briefs shall be double spaced, single sided on white paper size 8 1/2 x 11 inches and shall not exceed 10 pages, excluding exhibits and cover sheets, in length unless otherwise permitted by Order of Court for cause shown.

CRITICAL

Voluminous documentary exhibits must be submitted on CD or USB in a common digital format, such as PDF, with a filename identifying the exhibit.

Voluminous documentary exhibits shall be submitted digitally via a CD or USB flash drive in a common format such as PDF with a file name identifying the exhibit.

CRITICALCriminal cases

A criminal complaint must use the AOPC-prescribed form.

The office of the District Justice will prepare a criminal complaint on the form prescribed by The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) containing the information as required by Pa.R.Crim.P. No. 504.

CRITICAL

At trial, the video operator must fast-forward past material to which an objection has been sustained, eliminating both its image and sound.

Material to which objection has been sustained shall be excluded at trial by ''fast forward'' by the video machine operator so as to eliminate both the image and the sound of the objectionable material.

CRITICAL

Audio or visual recordings must be submitted on CD or USB, along with any proprietary or uncommon software needed to play them.

Audio or visual recordings shall be submitted via a CD or USB flash drive; any proprietary or uncommon software necessary to play the recording must be included.

CRITICAL

Exhibits must be tabbed at the bottom of the page and labeled.

Exhibits shall be tabbed at the bottom of the page and labeled.

CRITICAL

A copy of the Administrative Order containing its text must be submitted on computer diskette or CD-ROM.

2. submit two (2) certified copies of this Administrative Order and a copy on computer diskette or CD-ROM containing the text of the Administrative Order to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin;

CRITICAL

The Pre-Trial Information Statement must use a form approved by the Court.

No later than five (5) days prior to the date scheduled for Pre-Trial Conference, each attorney and each party not represented by counsel must file a completed Pre-Trial Information Statement, on or in a form approved by the Court.

WARNING

The trial judge may refuse use of a videotape deposition if either its audio or video portion is of poor quality.

The trial judge may refuse permission to use a videotape deposition at trial if either the audio or video portions of the tape are of poor quality.

WARNING

Trial exhibits must be marked for identification but do not need to be attached to the Pre-Trial Statement.

(e) All trial exhibits are to be marked for identification but need not be attached to the Pre-Trial Statement.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Cite local criminal rules as “L. R. Crim. P. No. ___.”

All local rules of criminal procedure shall be known as the Beaver County Local Rules of Criminal Procedure and shall be cited as “L. R. Crim. P. No. ___.”

WARNING

Attached copies of writings must be legible and faithfully reproduce the original; the Court may require a legible replacement before considering the filing.

Wherever a copy of a writing is attached to a pleading, brief or other paper submitted to the Court, such copy shall be clearly legible and faithfully represent the original in every respect. The Court may require a legible copy be substituted and filed before the pleading, brief or other paper will be considered by the Court.

INFO

Oversized documentary exhibits may be reduced to 8.5-by-11-inch paper if quality is preserved, or submitted digitally on CD or USB in a common format with an identifying filename.

Oversized documentary exhibits may be reduced to 8.5” x 11” paper, so long as the quality is not compromised. Alternatively, they may be submitted digitally via a CD or USB flash drive in a common format such as PDF with a file name identifying the exhibit.

INFO

Applies to

Oversized documentary exhibit

Oversized documentary exhibits may instead be submitted digitally on CD or USB in a common format, with a filename identifying the exhibit.

Alternatively, they may be submitted digitally via a CD or USB flash drive in a common format such as PDF with a file name identifying the exhibit.

INFO

Applies to

Oversized documentary exhibit

Oversized documentary exhibits may be reduced to 8.5-by-11-inch paper if quality is not compromised.

Oversized documentary exhibits may be reduced to 8.5" x 11" paper, so long as the quality is not compromised.