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

CRITICAL

Applies to

Oversized exhibit

For an offered documentary exhibit larger than 8.5 by 11 inches, the proponent must ensure that a copy reduced to 8.5 by 11 inches or smaller is entered into the record.

If a proponent offers into evidence an exhibit such as a letter, report, drawing, map, photograph, or other document that is larger in size than 8-1/2 x 11 inches, the proponent shall ensure that a copy of the document, reduced to 8-1/2 x 11 inches (or smaller) is entered into the record.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Reduced oversized exhibit

A reduced copy of an oversized exhibit must be clear and capable of further reproduction or transfer to digital media.

A proponent who provides a reduced copy of an oversized exhibit shall ensure that the reproduced document is clear and capable of further reproduction or transfer to digital media.

CRITICAL

Transcript requests must use the standardized form approved by the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania.

All requests for transcripts shall be submitted on the standardized form approved by the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania.

CRITICAL

All filings must comply with Pennsylvania’s Unified Judicial System Case Records Public Access Policy.

All filings shall comply with the Case Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania.

WARNING

The photograph entered into the record in place of a non-documentary exhibit may be no larger than 8-1/2 by 11 inches.

(1) If a proponent offers into evidence a non-documentary exhibit, the proponent shall ensure that a photograph (no larger in size than 8-1/2 x 11 inches) of the exhibit is entered into the record in lieu of the non-documentary exhibit.

WARNING

The Clerk converts non-excluded paper legal papers to PDF, which is treated as the original, and need not retain a physical copy of electronically filed papers.

The Office of the Clerk of Courts shall convert legal papers in paper format to an electronic PDF version, except for those filings excluded in subsection (B) of this rule. Once converted to PDF, the PDF version shall be deemed to be the original legal paper and shall be used as such for all purposes. Neither the Clerk of Courts nor the Court is required to maintain a physical hard copy of any legal paper filed electronically.

WARNING

A photograph of a non-documentary exhibit must be clear and capable of further reproduction or transfer to digital media.

(2) A proponent who provides a photograph of a non-documentary exhibit shall ensure that the photograph is clear and capable of further reproduction or transfer to digital media.

WARNING

An original or copy of an offered photograph may be no larger than 8-1/2 by 11 inches.

(1) If a proponent offers into evidence a photograph, the proponent shall ensure that the original or a copy of the photograph in lieu of the original (no larger in size than 8-1/2 x 11 inches) is entered into the record.

WARNING

Applies to

Exhibit index

The exhibit index must use a format approved by the President Judge.

The Clerk of Courts, Prothonotary, or Court Recorder present at the court proceeding shall maintain an index of exhibits in a format to be approved by the President Judge.

WARNING

A copy of a photograph must be clear and capable of further reproduction or transfer to digital media.

(2) A proponent who provides a copy of a photograph shall ensure that the reproduced document is clear and capable of further reproduction or transfer to digital media.