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

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Filed documents must use letter-size white paper, double spacing, margins of at least one inch, clear and legible lettering, and one-sided pages, except exhibits, similar supporting documents, and paper books may be double-sided.

(1) All documents filed shall be on 8 ½ inch x 11inch paper and shall comply with the following requirements: (i) The document shall be prepared on good quality white paper. (ii) The text must be double spaced. Margins must be at least one inch on all four sides. (iii) The lettering shall be clear and legible and shall be on only one side of a page. Exhibits and similar supporting documents and paper books may be lettered on both sides of the page.

CRITICAL

A notice of address or telephone-number change required as a condition of bail must be in writing.

I am hereby notified that, as a condition of bail, I am required to notify in writing the Clerk of Courts’ office, the District Attorney’s office, and my bondsman of any change of address and/or telephone number within forty-eight (48) hours after any change by mail or delivering in person said notice to each of the above (Pa. Rule of Criminal Procedure 117).

CRITICAL

Documents and papers must be firmly bound, and any metal fasteners or staples must be covered.

Documents and papers must be firmly bound. Any metal fasteners or staples must be covered.

CRITICAL

Backers and top strips are prohibited.

No backers or top strips are permitted.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Exceptions

Exceptions must be presented to the Court as a routine motion under Fayette County Rule 211.

(c) Exceptions shall be presented to the Court as a routine motion in accordance with Fayette County Rule 211 and assigned for argument.

CRITICAL

Copies of the questionnaires must be complete and accurate and collated into numbered binders.

Complete and accurate copies of the original questionnaires (“copies”) shall be collated into numbered binders, which shall be available only to judges, attorneys for the Commonwealth and defendants’ attorneys.

CRITICAL

An Omnibus motion requesting other kinds of pretrial relief must be in writing.

3. to file an Omnibus motion with the Court in writing requesting all other kinds of pretrial relief and a copy to be served on the District Attorney within thirty (30) days after the above listed arraignment date (Pa. Rules of Criminal Procedure 578 & 579).

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Margins

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Filed documents must meet the specified paper, spacing, margin, legibility, page-sidedness, binding, and backing requirements.

All documents filed shall be on 8 ½ inch x 11 inch paper and shall comply with the following requirements: (1) The document shall be prepared on good quality white paper. (2) The text must be double spaced. Margins must be at least one inch on all four sides. (3) The lettering shall be clear and legible shall be on only one side of a page. Exhibits and similar supporting documents and paperbooks may be lettered on both sides of the page. (4) Documents and papers must be firmly bound. Any metal fasteners or staples must be covered. (5) No backers or top strips are permitted.

CRITICAL

A motion for pretrial Discovery and Inspection must be in writing.

2. to file a motion with the Court in writing, requesting pretrial Discovery and Inspection and a copy to be served on the District Attorney within fourteen (14) days after the above listed arraignment date (Pa. Rule of Criminal Procedure 573);

CRITICAL

A Bill of Particulars request must be in writing.

1. to file a request in writing for a Bill of Particulars with the Clerk of Courts and a copy to be served on the District Attorney within seven (7) days following the above listed arraignment date (Pa. Rule of Criminal Procedure 572);

CRITICAL

Confidential information must be submitted on the standardized Confidential Information Form provided by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

Confidential information filed in accordance with the Public Access Policy shall be on a standardized Confidential Information Form provided by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

WARNING

Transcript requests must be made on the standardized form provided by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

All requests for transcripts shall be set forth on a standardized form provided by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

WARNING

The Confidential Position Paper must use the attached format unless the mediator or assigned judge modifies it.

At least ten (10) days prior to the Mediation, the parties and/or their attorneys shall be required to prepare and submit a Confidential Position Paper disclosed only to the mediator in the format attached or as modified by the mediator or the assigned judge.

WARNING

Transcripts must conform to the format requirements in Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration Rules 4001 et seq.

The court reporter or transcriptionist shall abide by the format of transcripts and be paid transcript costs in accordance with Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration Rules 4001 et seq.

INFO

The proponent may submit voluminous documentary exhibits as PDFs on CD or USB with a file name identifying each exhibit.

The proponent may submit voluminous documentary exhibits digitally via a CD or USB flash drive as a PDF with a file name identifying the exhibit.

INFO

The proponent may reduce oversized documentary exhibits to 8.5-by-11-inch paper if quality is preserved, or submit them as identified PDFs on CD or USB.

The proponent may reduce oversized documentary exhibits to 8.5 x 11 inches paper, so long as the quality is not compromised, or may submit the exhibits digitally via a CD or USB flash drive as a PDF with a file name identifying the exhibit.