Judge Katherine V. Oliver

Applies to

Printed document

The Court is not required to print electronically filed documents, and a fee is charged for documents over 25 pages that the Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts prints.

Applies to

Filing fee

Filing fees may be paid by the listed credit and debit cards, and the filer is responsible for any convenience fee.

The Prothonotary will not accept advance deposits for future filing fees.

Applies to

Electronically filed legal paper

An electronically filed legal paper is deemed the original, and the Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts must maintain a hard copy.

Applies to

Electronically filed document

Scanned signatures are accepted as originals.

Applies to

Electronically filed document

An electronically filed document is deemed signed by the filer if it bears the filer’s facsimile or typographical signature.

Format

PDF

Electronic filings must be PDF unless the Court designates another format; non-PDF papers presented for filing must be converted to PDF.

The Clerk must mark the filing “Filed by Email” near the timestamp.

Text must appear on only one side of a page, except exhibits and similar supporting documents may be printed on both sides.

Upon receipt, the Clerk must acknowledge the filing with its receipt date and time and notify the filing party whether it was accepted.

Filings must be received by 4:30 p.m. to be timestamped for that business day.

If a filing is not accepted or is refused, the Clerk must promptly notify the presenting party and state the presentation date, the refusal or nonacceptance, and the reason.