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

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Transcript requests must use the standardized form provided by the Court Administrator.

Requests for transcripts shall be set forth on a standardized form provided by the Court Administrator of the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

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Exhibits must be provided in formats compatible with the records office, including specified paper copies or digital storage formats for oversized, voluminous, and digital evidence.

The custodian shall ensure that the format of an exhibit, including size and material, is compatible with the records office’s ability to maintain and retrieve it. This includes the following: (i) offering as an exhibit an 8 ½ by 11 inch copy of any oversized (larger than 8 ½ by 11 inches) documentary evidence; (ii) offering as an exhibit copies of any voluminous documentary evidence on a digital storage device; and (iii) offering any digital media (e.g., video and/or audio recordings) as an exhibit on a digital storage device in a format that uses publicly available software for retrieval, or includes any propriety software necessary for retrieval.

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Copies in bound paper format must not be delivered in condensed form.

Bound paper format copies shall not be delivered in condensed form.

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Continuance requests must use forms provided by the Court Administrator on the Court section of the county website.

All requests for continuances shall be on forms provided by the Court Administrator, under the Court section of each county’s website. Visit: www.snydercounty.org or www.unioncountypa.org.

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Pleadings and other legal papers must be double-spaced on white 8½-by-11-inch paper and secured with appropriate fasteners; exhibits must be tabbed and labeled.

(1) All pleadings and other legal papers shall be printed in double space on white paper that is 8 ½ inches wide and 11 inches long, and shall be secured by appropriate metal or plastic fasteners. All exhibits shall be tabbed and labeled.

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All briefs must be filed in duplicate.

All briefs shall be filed in duplicate.

CRITICALCriminal cases

A post-sentence motion must be in writing.

A post sentence motion must be in writing.

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A continuance motion must be written unless exceptional circumstances prevent a written motion.

A Motion for Continuance shall be in writing, unless exceptional circumstances prevent a written motion.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The electronic copy filed with the Legislative Reference Bureau must be in Microsoft Word format only.

File two (2) paper copies and one (1) electronic copy in a Microsoft Word format only to bulletin@palrb.us with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

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A party seeking oral argument must file an original and a sufficient number of copies of the scheduling order.

Any party seeking oral argument shall, at the time of the filing of their motion or response, file an original and a sufficient number of copies of a scheduling order substantially in the form provided for in 17CV1028(c)(4).

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Continuance requests must use Court Administrator forms available in the Court section of each county’s website.

All requests for continuances shall be on forms provided by the Court Administrator, under the Court section of each county’s website. Visit: www.snydercounty.org or www.unioncountypa.org.

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The photograph of the retained evidence must be no larger than 8 ½ by 11 inches.

In such cases, the custodian shall ensure that a photograph (no larger than 8 ½ by 11 inches) of such evidence is offered as an exhibit and included in the index of exhibits.

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A photograph of evidence that is impractical to store must be no larger than 8 ½ by 11 inches.

clothing, weapons, cash or other items of value, drugs, and dangerous or biohazardous materials); or (ii) evidence that is bulky, oversized or otherwise impractical for the records office to store/maintain. In such cases, the custodian shall ensure that a photograph (no larger than 8 ½ by 11 inches) of such evidence is offered as an exhibit and included in the index of exhibits.

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Format

PDF

Legal papers must be presented for filing as PDFs; the Prothonotary converts hard-copy filings to PDF and maintains them in that format.

Legal papers shall be presented for filing in a PDF. As authorized by Pa.R.C.P. 205.4 (b)(1), in the event a legal paper is presented for filing in a hard-copy format, the Prothonotary shall convert said legal paper into a PDF and shall maintain it in that format.

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The required cover sheet must substantially follow the form provided in the rule.

(3) The cover sheet shall be substantially in the following form:

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All motions filed with the Court must be in writing.

All motions filed with the Court must be written,

CRITICALCivil cases

The proposed order must be placed on top of the motion for continuance.

B. All written motions requesting a continuance shall include a proposed Order, which shall be placed on top of the Motion for Continuance.

WARNING

At the time set for the pre-trial conference, both parties shall submit a pre-trial statement in the form prescribed by the Court.

At the time set for the pre-trial conference, both parties shall submit a pre-trial statement in the form prescribed by the Court.