Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County, Pennsylvania Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICALCriminal cases

PACFile is the exclusive system for electronic filing.

The exclusive system for electronic filing is the PACFile System, developed and administered by the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts and located on Pennsylvania’s Unified Judicial System Web Portal at https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/PACFile.aspx.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Administrative order and rule

The District Court Administrator must file one electronic copy of the Administrative Order and Rule with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

1. File one (1) copy electronically to adminrules@pacourts.us of this Administrative Order and Rule with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Administrative order and rule

The District Court Administrator must file two paper copies and one electronic copy with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication.

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

CRITICALCriminal cases

The District Court Administrator must file two paper copies and one electronic copy with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

File two paper copies and one electronic copy in Microsoft Word format with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the P ennsylvania Bulletin.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Certified copy of administrative order

The District Court Administrator must email one certified copy of the order to the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

File one (1) certified copy of this Administrative Order with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts via email to adminrules@pacourts.us.

CRITICALCriminal cases

PACFile filing is voluntary, and parties who decline or are unable to use or access PACFile may file and receive legal papers in hard-copy form.

At this time, electronic filing through the PACFile System is voluntary. Any party who declines to participate in the PACFile electronic filing system, or who is unable to electronically file or accept service of legal papers which were filed electronically, or who is otherwise unable to access the PACFile system, shall be permitted to file legal papers in a physical paper format (‘hard-copy’) and shall be served legal papers in a physical paper format by the Clerk of Courts and other parties, whether electronically filed or otherwise, as required by Pa.R.Crim.P. 576.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Administrative order

The District Court Administrator must send two certified copies and one electronic copy to the Legislative Reference Bureau, with the electronic copy in Microsoft Word format.

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

CRITICALCriminal cases

The Clerk of Courts must accept and retain hard-copy legal papers and convert them to PDF and add them to the system, except for papers excluded from electronic filing.

Any legal paper submitted for filing to the Clerk of Courts in a physical paper (or ‘hard-copy’) format shall be accepted by the Clerk of Courts in that format and shall be retained by the Clerk of Courts as may be required by applicable rules of court and record retention policies. The Clerk of Courts shall convert such hard-copy legal paper to .pdf and add it to the system, except those legal papers excluded from electronic filing pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 576.1(C) and this rule.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Administrative order and local rule

The District Court Administrator must file two paper copies and one electronic copy in Microsoft Word format with the Legislative Reference Bureau.

File two paper copies and one electronic copy in Microsoft Word format of this Administrative Order and Local Rule with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Transcript and associated documents

The transcript and associated documents must be scanned and transmitted digitally to the Carbon County Clerk of Courts instead of transmitted in physical paper form.

The transcript and any associated documents shall be electronically scanned and transmitted to the Carbon County Clerk of Courts in digital format in lieu of transmitting the physical paper transcript and associated documents.

WARNINGCriminal cases

The rule's definition of legal papers excludes specified warrant applications, grand jury materials, authorized ex parte submissions, and submissions filed or authorized to be filed under seal.

“Legal papers” are pleadings or other submissions to the court, including motions, answers, notices, or other documents, of which filing is required or permitted, including orders, exhibits and attachments, but excluding: (a) applications for search warrants; (b) applications for arrest warrants; (c) any grand jury materials, except the indicting grand jury indictment or the investigating grand jury presentment; (d) submissions filed ex parte as authorized by law; and (e) submissions filed or authorized to be filed under seal.

INFOCriminal cases

Electronic filing through PACFile is permitted in Carbon County as of July 15, 2019.

Pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 576.1, Electronic Filing and Service of Legal Papers, electronic filing of legal papers through the PACFile electronic filing system is permissive in Carbon County, the 56th Judicial District, as of July 15th, 2019.

CRITICAL

Written motions, answers, notices, and other documents requiring filing must be filed with the Prothonotary by personal delivery or mail.

All written motions and any written answers, and any notices, or documents for which filing is required, shall be filed with the Prothonotary. Filing shall be by: (a) personal delivery to the prothonotary; or (b) mail addressed to the prothonotary.