Centre County Court of Common Pleas Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICALCivil cases

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

All filings must be received by 4:30 p.m. to be time stamped for that business day.

CRITICALCivil cases

During the temporary order's effective period, filings had to be received by 3:30 p.m. to be timestamped for that business day.

All filing must be received by 3:30 pm to be timestamped for that business day.

CRITICALCivil cases

All filing must be received by J.'30prr to be timestamped for that business day.

All filing must be received by J.'30prr to be timestamped for that business day.

WARNINGCivil cases

The filing party is responsible for delays, disruptions, signal interruptions, and document legibility problems, except when caused by failure of the e-filing website.

A filing party shall be responsible for any delay, disruption, interruption of the electronic signals and legibility of the document electronically filed, except when caused by the failure of the electronic filing system's website.

WARNINGCivil cases

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.

If a legal paper is not accepted upon presentation for filing or is refused for filing by the Electronic Filing System, the Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts shall immediately, or if the office is closed, immediately upon opening, notify the party presenting the legal paper for filing of the date of presentation, the fact the document was not accepted or was refused for filing by the system, and the reason it was not accepted or was refused.

WARNINGCivil cases

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

Upon receipt of the legal paper, the Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts shall provide the filing party with an acknowledgement, which includes the date and time the legal paper was received by the Electronic Filing System. The Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts shall also provide the filing party with notice that the legal paper was accepted for filing.

CRITICALCivil cases

A late brief filed without written leave may result in the motion issues being treated as uncontroverted.

Failure to file a brief in a timely manner without written leave of the Court may result in the Court determining the issues raised in the motions to be uncontroverted.

CRITICALCivil cases

Briefs remain due on the dates set by the Court unless the deadlines are continued in writing.

However, briefs shall still be due on the days previously indicated by the Court, unless continued in writing.

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The filing office must terminate the action if at least 30 days have passed since service of an order denying the application, the fee remains unpaid, and no appeal has been filed.

If at least 30 days have passed after the filing office has served an order denying the application, the fee remains unpaid, and an appeal has not been filed, the filing office shall enter an appropriate order terminating the legal action.

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The fee-waiver application or praecipe must be filed at or after commencement of the action, never before.

(1) The application or praecipe shall be filed at the same time as or after the commencement of the legal action, not before.

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for commencing the action within 30 days of notification of the denial.

for commencing the action within 30 days of notification of the denial.

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After a denial, modification, or vacatur, the party has 30 days to pay the filing fees or the action will be terminated without further notice.

If the court denies an application, or modifies or vacates an order previously granting an application, the court shall state in its order: - (i) the reason for its decision; and - (ii) that the party has 30 days to pay the filing fees or the action will be terminated without further notice.

CRITICALCivil cases

A late brief filed without the Court’s written leave may result in the motion’s issues being deemed uncontroverted.

Failure to file a brief in a timely manner without written leave of the Court may result in the Court determining the issues raised in the Motion to be uncontroverted.

WARNINGCivil cases

A brief filed late without written leave of the Court may result in the issues raised in the Preliminary Objections being deemed uncontroverted.

Failure to file a brief in a timely manner without written leave of the Court may result in the Court determining the issues raised in the Preliminary Objections to be uncontroverted.

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The court should enter its order on the application within 20 days of filing.

The court should enter its order determining the application within 20 days of its filing date.