Court of Common Pleas of Venango County, Pennsylvania Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Legal paper

The Clerk of Courts must accept and retain hard-copy legal papers and convert them to PDF for the system unless the papers are excluded from electronic filing under the cited rule.

Any legal paper submitted for filing to the Clerk of Courts in a physical paper (or 'hard-copy') format shall be accepted by the Clerk of Courts in that format and shall be retained by the Clerk of Courts as may be required by applicable rules of court and record retention policies. The Clerk of Courts shall convert such hard-copy legal paper to .pdf and add it to the system, except those legal papers excluded from electronic filing pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 576.1(C) and this rule.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Legal paper

Legal papers submitted electronically must be filed through PACFile at the Unified Judicial System web portal and follow its instructions.

1) When a legal paper is to be electronically filed, it shall be submitted to the PACFile system at the Unified Judicial System web portal at http://ujsportal.pacourts.us, in accordance with Pa.R.Crim.P. 576.1, this rule, and any filing instructions as may be otherwise provided at the web portal site.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Legal papers

Electronic filing of legal papers through PACFile is permitted for criminal cases in the Venango County Court of Common Pleas.

1) The electronic filing of legal papers and the electronic service of such papers through the PACFile system with the Venango County Clerk of Court for criminal cases in the Venango County Court of Common Pleas is permitted under the terms described in this Local Rule.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Legal papers

Electronic filing of legal papers through PACFile is permitted for cases in the Venango County Court of Common Pleas.

AND NOW, this 20TH day of JANUARY, 2023 pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 576.1, it is HEREBY ORDERED and DECREED that the electronic filing of legal papers through the PACFile system with the Venango County Clerk of Court for cases in the Venango County Court of Common Pleas is authorized and shall be governed by V.C.R.Crim.P. 576.1, which is adopted.

CRITICAL

An attorney must establish a PACFile account using procedures established by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts to participate in PACFile.

In order to participate in the PACFile system, an attorney shall establish an account in the PACFile system by procedures established by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

CRITICAL

PACFile is the exclusive system for electronic filing.

2) The exclusive system for electronic filing is the PACFile System, developed and administered by the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts and located on Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System Web Portal at https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/PACFile.aspx.

INFO

A defendant proceeding without counsel may use PACFile through the authorization process established by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

A defendant who is proceeding without counsel shall be permitted to utilize the PACFile system through an authorization process established by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

INFO

An attorney or defendant participating in PACFile may file legal papers electronically or in physical paper format.

Any attorney or defendant participating in the PACFile system is permitted to file a legal paper either in an electronic or in a physical paper format.

INFO

Attorneys and defendants proceeding without counsel may file legal papers electronically under the local rule.

All attorneys and defendants proceeding without counsel shall be permitted to file legal papers electronically in accordance with this local rule.

INFO

Any party who declines to participate in the PACFile electronic filing system, or who is unable to electronically file or accept service of legal papers which were filed electronically, or who is otherwise unable to access the PACFile system, shall be permitted to file legal papers in a physical paper format ('hard-copy') and shall be served legal papers in a physical paper format by the Clerk of Courts and other parties, whether electronically filed or otherwise, as required by Pa.R.Crim.P. 576.

Any party who declines to participate in the PACFile electronic filing system, or who is unable to electronically file or accept service of legal papers which were filed electronically, or who is otherwise unable to access the PACFile system, shall be permitted to file legal papers in a physical paper format ('hard-copy') and shall be served legal papers in a physical paper format by the Clerk of Courts and other parties, whether electronically filed or otherwise, as required by Pa.R.Crim.P. 576.

INFOCivil cases

Parties are encouraged, but not required, to send the court copies of pleadings and other legal papers by email or floppy disk in addition to properly filing them with the Prothonotary.

In addition to properly filing all pleadings and other legal papers with the Prothonotary, parties are encouraged, but not required, to submit any and all pleadings and other legal papers to the court via email or floppy disk.