Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration
Current through January 1, 2026
Part 1 · General Provisions
- 101 Title and citation of rules
- 102 Definitions
- 103 Procedure for adopting, filing, and publishing rules Deadlines
- 104 Principles of Construction
- 105 Number. Tense
- 106 Words and Phrases
- 107 Computation of Time Deadlines
- 108 Construction of Rules. Intent of Supreme Court Controls
- 109 Presumptions in Ascertaining the Intent of the Supreme Court
- 110 Titles, Conditions, Exceptions, and Headings
- 111 Rules in Derogation of the Common Law
- 112 RulesIn Pari Materia
- 113 Particular Controls General
- 114 Construction of Rule Amendments
- 115 Procedures Inconsistent with Rules
Part 2 · Disability And Language Access
Part 3 · Judicial Council Of Pennsylvania
Part 5 · Administrative Office Of Pennsylvania Courts
- 501 Court Administrator of Pennsylvania
- 502 Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts
- 503 Staff Deadlines
- 504 Powers of the Court Administrator
- 505 General functions of the Administrative Office
- 506 Cooperation with Administrative Office
- 507 Record Retention Schedules
- 509 Access to Financial Records Deadlines
- 510 Guardianship Tracking System Deadlines
Part 6 · Magisterial District Judges
- 601 Certification requirements of interested persons Deadlines
- 602 Continuing education requirement Deadlines
- 603 Continuing education requirement: senior magisterial district judges Deadlines
- 605 Supervision of Magisterial District Courts by President Judges
- 606 Transfer of dockets and other papers
- 607 Acts of assembly suspended
Part 7 · Assignment Of Judges
Part 17 · Judges as Witnesses
Part 19 · Miscellaneous Administrative Provisions
- 1901 Prompt disposition of matters; termination of inactive cases Deadlines
- 1902 Record of asbestos litigation. Prothonotary
- 1904 Medical professional liability actions
- 1905 Investment Advisory Board
- 1906 Prohibited communication with jurists
- 1907.1 Definitions
- 1907.2 Policies, procedures and standards of conduct
- 1908 Filling of vacancies Deadlines
- 1910 Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom Deadlines
- 1920 Definitions
- 1921 Notice to the Chief Justice and the Judicial Conduct Board
- 1922 Counsel fees
- 1950 Definitions
- 1951 Continuity of operations and emergency action plans Deadlines
- 1952 Emergency actions, duties and authorities
- 1953 Emergency regional administrative units Deadlines
- 1954 Court security Deadlines
Part 21 · Allocation Of Business
Part 40 · Uniform Rules Governing Court Reporting And Transcripts
- 4001 Scope of Rules and Policy
- 4002 Definitions
- 4003 [Rescinded.]
- 4004 Qualifications of Court Reporters and Court Recorders Deadlines
- 4005 Approval of Transcriptionists
- 4006 Employment and Duties of Court Reporting Personnel Deadlines
- 4007 Requests for Transcripts
- 4008 Transcript Costs Payable by a Requesting Party Other Than the Commonwealth or a Subdivision Thereof Deadlines
- 4009 Fees and Procedures. Local Rule
- 4010 Format of Transcript
- 4011 Deadline for Delivery of Transcript Deadlines
- 4012 Sanctions for Delayed Transcript
- 4013 Certification of Transcript
- 4014 Redaction of Personal Data Identifiers
- 4015 Ownership of Notes
- 4016 Storage and Retention