Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Document Filing Requirements

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion

Must include

proposed order

Except for emergency-relief motions, file each motion with a proposed order and a praecipe placing it on the current argument list.

3. All motions, except motions for emergency relief, along with a proposed order shall be filed with the Prothonotary along with a praecipe to place the motion on the current argument list.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Continuance request

A continuance request must use the Central Court Continuance form.

Except as provided in subparagraph 2, all continuance requests shall be submitted in writing on the Central Court Continuance form and shall be submitted to the Office of Court Administration.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Preliminary arraignment

The police officer affiant must be given a Notice of Preliminary Hearing at the preliminary arraignment.

At the preliminary arraignment the police officer (affiant) shall be given a Notice of Preliminary Hearing.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Preliminary objections

Must include

proposed order

Each filing of preliminary objections must include a proposed order.

All preliminary objections shall be accompanied by a proposed order.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Initial case monitoring notice and order

The plaintiff or plaintiff's attorney must complete and file the Initial Case Monitoring Notice and Order.

The Plaintiff/Plaintiff's attorney shall complete and file an Initial Case Monitoring Notice and Order, attached hereto as Exhibit Hunt.Co.R.C.P. 205, within five (5) days after service of the complaint.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript

Once any balance is paid, the original transcript must be delivered to the appropriate filing office and copies must be delivered to the parties.

(2) upon payment of any balance owed, the court reporter, court recorder or transcriptionist shall deliver the original transcript to the appropriate filing office and copies to the parties.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Application to waive transcript costs

An application to waive all or part of ordinary-transcript costs must be supported by an affidavit substantially in the form required by Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 240(h).

The application to waive all or a portion of costs for ordinary transcripts shall be supported by an affidavit substantially in the form required by Rule 240(h) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Initial case monitoring notice and order

The Plaintiff must complete items 1 and 2 of the Initial Case Monitoring Notice and Order.

Items No. 1 and 2 shall be completed by Plaintiff.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Exhibit

An exhibit containing confidential information or documents defined by the Policy must include a Confidential Information Form or Confidential Document Form that complies with the Policy.

(5) Any exhibit containing confidential information or confidential documents as defined in the Case Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania ("Policy") shall include a Confidential Information Form or Confidential Document Form in compliance with the Policy.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Rescheduling notice

The Central Court coordinator must prepare a Rescheduling Notice stating the new hearing date, time, and place.

The Central Court coordinator shall prepare and serve all parties with notice (Rescheduling Notice) of the new hearing date, time and place.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Case documents

MDJ Staff must fax the specified case documents to the listed offices, including the Commitment if the defendant is incarcerated.

The MDJ Staff shall fax a copy of the criminal complaint, the affidavit of probable cause, the Preliminary Hearing Notice and Commitment (if the defendant is incarcerated) to the Office of Court Administration, the Office of the District Attorney and the Office of the Public Defender.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Central court case documents

The docket transcript, criminal complaint, and other pertinent documents must be submitted to the Clerk of Courts for filing after Central Court disposition.

Subsequently, the docket transcript, criminal complaint and other pertinent documents shall be forwarded to the Clerk of Courts for filing after disposition in Central Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion

Each motion must state whether a hearing or argument is requested, the estimated time, and whether discovery is necessary.

2. In addition to the requirements regarding the content of a motion found in Pa.R.C.P. 208.2, all motions shall contain a statement as to whether a hearing or argument is requested and the estimated length of time. Also, there shall be a statement as to whether discovery is necessary.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript request

A party requesting an ordinary transcript must file the original request with the appropriate court filing office and submit a request to the Court Administrator's office.

(A) For an ordinary transcript, the party requesting a full or partial transcript of a trial or other proceeding shall file the original request with the appropriate filing office of the court and submit a request with the Court Administrator's office.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Preliminary arraignment

At the preliminary arraignment, the defendant must receive the specified notices, Public Defender Application, complaint, and affidavit of probable cause.

At the preliminary arraignment the defendant shall be provided with a Notice of Preliminary Arraignment, a Notice of Preliminary Hearing, a Public Defender Application and a copy of the complaint and affidavit of probable cause.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Petition

Must include

proposed order

To obtain a rule to show cause, submit the original petition to the Court Administrator with a proposed order in the format prescribed by Rule 206.6(c).

To secure a rule to show cause, the original petition shall be submitted to the Court Administrator of Huntingdon County and must be accompanied by a proposed order in the format prescribed by Rule 206.6(c).

CRITICAL

Applies to

Initial case monitoring notice

Must include

certificate of service

The Initial Case Monitoring Notice must include the Plaintiff’s certification of when service was made.

Plaintiff further certifies that service was made on ___ day of ___ 20.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Pre trial statement

The parties must file a pre-trial statement in accordance with Pa.R.C.P. 212.2.

The parties shall file not later than ten days before the conference a pre-trial statement in accord with Pa.R.C.P. 212.2.

WARNING

Applies to

Motion

Motions should include a brief statement of applicable authority.

All motions should include a brief statement of applicable authority.

WARNING

Applies to

Application to waive transcript costs

Such application should be prepared in the form of a Petition to Waive All or a Portion of the Transcript Costs and filed in the appropriate filing office.

Such application should be prepared in the form of a Petition to Waive All or a Portion of the Transcript Costs and filed in the appropriate filing office.

WARNING

Applies to

Motion

A motion is treated as uncontested if the moving party appends a certificate stating that counsel conferred with all interested parties and was affirmatively advised that there are no objections to the proposed relief.

A motion will be treated as uncontested when the moving party appends to it a certificate that counsel has conferred with all interested parties with respect to the matter and has been affirmatively advised that there are no objections to the relief sought in the proposed order.