Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, Pennsylvania Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICALCivil cases

Petitioners or their attorneys must notify the court immediately once they have reason to believe the proceedings will be contested.

As soon as petitioner(s) or attorney(s) have reason to believe these proceedings will be contested, the court must be notified IMMEDIATELY so that an attorney may be appointed for ADOPTEE as required by 23 Pa. C.S.A. §2313 and thus avoid needless delay.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Defense counsel must notify the Court Administrator’s Office by noon on the last courthouse-open day before the trial-list call of defendants expected to enter guilty or nolo contendere pleas at the call.

In order to facilitate an organized Call of the Criminal Trial List, defense counsel shall notify the Court Administrator’s Office, by noon on the last day the Courthouse is open prior to the Call of Criminal Trial List, of all defendants who are anticipated to enter guilty or nolo contendere pleas at the Call of the Criminal Trial List.

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Motions may be presented at Motions Court on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 8:45 a.m., except on holidays or when no judge is available.

There shall be a session of the Court for the optional presentation of motions every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8:45 a.m., except on holidays and other times when no judge is available (“Motions Court”).

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Arrest-warrant applications may be submitted to any common pleas or magisterial district judge in the district; applicants should use a common pleas judge during business hours and the on-call magisterial district judge outside business hours, except that exigent or extraordinary circumstances permit submission to a magisterial district judge during business hours.

Applications for arrest warrants may be submitted to any common pleas judge or magisterial district judge of the 30th Judicial District. During regular business hours, applications should be submitted to any common pleas judge; and outside regular business hours, applications should be submitted to the on-call magisterial district judge. Applications may, however, be submitted to a magisterial district judge during regular business hours in the event of exigent or other extraordinary circumstances.