THE COURTS
Title 255—LOCAL COURT RULES
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Fees for Electronic Access and Filing in the Civil and Orphans' Court Divisions; No. 2024-1
[54 Pa.B. 3617]
[Saturday, June 29, 2024]
Administrative Order And Now, this 17th day of June, 2024, pursuant to Local Rule of Civil Procedure L-205.4(d) and Local Rule of Orphans' Court Procedure L-O.C. 4.7(f), it is hereby Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed that the following schedule of fees shall be collected for use of the C-Track Public Portal. Fees assessed in relation to the use of the C-Track Public Portal shall be paid by use of debit or credit card.
I. Document Access Subscription Fees
Docket sheets on remotely available public cases are viewable for free to registered users of the C-Track Public Portal. Registered users that are either a case party or attorney of record are not required to either subscribe or pay an individual document access fee to view documents on their case(s) in the C-Track Public Portal. Individuals or organizations that are not a case party or record attorney may choose to pay a monthly subscription fee for access to all remotely and publicly available case documents. The subscription fees are based on a ''seat count'' of the individual or organization paying for them. The monthly per-seat subscription fees are as follows:
Maximum Seat Count Cost Per Seat 1 $42.00 5 $30.00 20 $25.00 50 $21.00 100 $10.00 II. Individual Document Access Fee
Users who do not pay for a C-Track Subscription Fee shall be charged per instance of viewing, downloading, or printing a document in the C-Track Public Portal. This fee shall be $0.25 per page, with a minimum charge of $5.00.
III. Electronic Filing Fee
Registered users may electronically file certain legal papers to the Prothonotary or the Register of Wills/Clerk of the Orphans' Court. A user fee of $7.00 shall be imposed for each legal paper that is electronically filed.
IV. Debit or Credit Card Processing Fee
All payments in the C-Track Public Portal are handled via a payment processor. A processing fee shall be charged per debit or credit card transaction. This fee shall be the greater of either $2.95 or three percent (3%) of the total transaction cost. This fee is in addition to any other charges in the C-Track Public Portal.
V. Filing Fees Suspended
It is further Ordered that the Register of Wills/Clerk of the Orphans' Court shall not charge a fee to a party and/or counsel of record for the filing of an order or decree of court. Collection of any such fees shall cease effective June 20, 2024.
It is further Ordered that the Prothonotary shall not charge an additional $25.00 fee for arbitration referral to a party and/or counsel of record for electronically filing a writ of summons or complaint involving damages below the arbitration limits.
VI. Conclusion
The District Court Administrator is directed to:
1. File copies of this Administrative Order with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin;
2. File one (1) electronic copy of this Administrative Order with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts;
3. Arrange for the publication of this Administrative Order on the website for the Twenty-seventh Judicial District, www.washingtoncourts.us, within thirty (30) days of the effective date; and
4. Cause a copy hereof to be published in the Washington County Reports once a week for two (2) successive weeks at the expense of the County of Washington.
By the Court
GARY GILMAN,
President Judge
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 24-888. Filed for public inspection June 28, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]
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