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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 20-1686

THE COURTS

Title 255—LOCAL COURT RULES

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY

Amendment of Rules of Criminal Procedure—Adoption of N.C.R.Crim.P. N507: Approval of Police Complaints and Arrest Warrant Affidavits by Attorney for the Commonwealth; AD-179-2020

[50 Pa.B. 6860]
[Saturday, December 5, 2020]

Order of Court

 And Now, this 20th day of November, 2020, upon consideration of the certification filed by the District Attorney of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 507, It Is Ordered that the Northampton County Rules of Criminal Procedure are hereby amended to adopt N.C.R.Crim.P. N507, a copy of which follows hereto and which provides for the approval of police criminal complaints and arrest warrant affidavits by an attorney for the Commonwealth prior to acceptance by any judicial officer.

 Said Northampton County Rule of Criminal Procedure N507 shall become effective on January 1, 2021, after no less than thirty (30) days publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

 It Is Further Ordered that the Northampton County Court Administrator shall file seven (7) certified copies of this order with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, two (2) certified copies with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, one (1) certified copy with the Northampton County Criminal Rules Committee, and one (1) copy with the Clerk of Court of the Criminal Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

By the Court

MICHAEL J. KOURY, Jr. 
President Judge

Rule N507. Approval of Police Complaints and Arrest Warrant Affidavits by Attorney for the Commonwealth.

 The District Attorney of Northampton County having filed a certification pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 507, criminal complaints and arrest warrant affidavits by police officers, as defined in the Rules of Criminal Procedure, charging the offenses identified in the District of Northampton County's certification shall not hereafter be accepted by any judicial officer unless the complaint and arrest warrant affidavit have the approval of an attorney for the Commonwealth prior to filing.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-1686. Filed for public inspection December 4, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]


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