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

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Electronic legal papers must be submitted in PDF, while accompanying proposed orders may be submitted in Microsoft Word format.

All legal papers filed electronically shall be submitted for electronic filing in portable document format (pdf). Proposed orders accompanying a filing may be submitted in Microsoft Word format.

CRITICAL

The proponent must photograph each non-documentary exhibit, convert it to a letter-sized document, mark it appropriately, and produce it during the proceeding for the official case record.

Non-documentary Exhibits shall be photographed by the proponent, converted to a letter sized document (8-1/2 x 11 inches), and appropriately marked and produced during the court proceeding for inclusion in the official case record.

CRITICALCivil cases

Format

PDF

Legal papers filed electronically must be submitted in PDF format.

All legal papers filed electronically shall be submitted for electronic filing in portable document format (pdf).

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Praecipe to transmit record

The Praecipe to Transmit Record must use the form set forth in Pa.R.Civ.P. 1920.73(b).

The Praecipe to Transmit Record shall follow the form set forth in Pa.R.Civ.P. 1920.73(b).

CRITICALCivil cases

Papers filed with the Prothonotary must use letter-sized paper measuring 8-1/2 by 11 inches.

All papers filed in the Office ofthe Prothonotary shall be filed on letter-sized paper, 8-1/2" X 11".

CRITICALCivil cases

A request for entry of judgment must be accompanied by the original and sufficient copies of the judgments and notices, plus prepaid addressed envelopes for all parties entitled to notice.

When filing a request for entry of judgment, a party shall provide the Prothonotary with the original and sufficient copies of judgments and notices thereof, together with postage prepaid envelopes addressed to all parties entitled to notice thereof.

WARNINGCivil cases

A child or spousal support claim raised in a divorce complaint, counterclaim, or petition must substantially follow the form in Pa.R.Civ.P. 1910.27.

A claim for child and/or spousal support raised in an action for divorce by complaint, counterclaim or petition shall be substantially in the form set forth in Pa.R.Civ.P. 1910.27.

WARNING

Unprintable digital exhibits must be entered into the official record on a USB flash drive unless the court expressly approves another format; a proponent may submit multiple exhibits as separate files on one drive.

Any digital exhibit that cannot be printed (i.e., audio or video recording) shall be entered into the official case record on a universal serial bus (USB) flash drive (or other format if expressly approved by the court). If one proponent has multiple digital exhibits, they may be submitted as separate files on one USB flash drive.

WARNING

The Index of Exhibits accompanying filed exhibits must use the appended form or a substantially similar form.

The “Index of Exhibits” accompanying the filed exhibits pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. 5102(b)(2) and this Rule shall be in the form appended to these Rules, or a substantially similar form.

WARNINGCivil cases

Non-conforming or illegible briefs will not be considered.

Non-conforming or illegible briefs will not be considered.

WARNING

The document prepared for a non-documentary exhibit must be clear and capable of further reproduction or transfer to digital media.

Said document shall be clear and capable of further reproduction or transfer to digital media.

WARNING

Copies of oversized documentary exhibits or photograph exhibits must be clear and capable of further reproduction or transfer to digital media.

All copies shall be clear and capable of further reproduction or transfer to digital media.

INFO

Attach additional pages when needed for the exhibit index.

[Attach Additional Pages as Needed]

INFOCivil cases

A proposed order accompanying a filing may be submitted in Microsoft Word format.

Proposed orders accompanying a filing may be submitted in Microsoft Word format.