Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania Sealing & Redaction Procedures
2 rules from official source documents
Procedures for filing sealed or redacted documents, including required motions and formats.
CRITICALCivil cases
A filing party seeking to file documents under seal must designate them as sealed in CountySuite and submit a proper motion to the Court; the designation alone does not seal them.
(1) Documents intended to be filed under seal shall be designated as “sealed” in CountySuite. However, designation of documents as “sealed” does not seal the documents. In addition to making the designation in CountySuite, the filing party must also submit a proper Motion for sealing documents to the Court.
WARNINGCivil cases
Confidential Information Forms and documents properly filed with a Confidential Document Form under the cited policy are sealed without a motion.
(2) Confidential Information Forms and documents properly filed with a Confidential Document Form pursuant to Case Records Policy of the United Judicial System of Pennsylvania will be sealed without motion.
How does Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania handle sealed or redacted filings?
A motion to seal is required for covered sealed filings in Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. A filing party seeking to file documents under seal must designate them as sealed in CountySuite and submit a proper motion to the Court; the designation alone does not seal them.
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