THE COURTS
Title 255—LOCAL COURT RULES
ARMSTRONG COUNTY
Adoption of New Local Court Rule—Local Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 117; No. CP-03-AD-0000017-2024
[54 Pa.B. 7828]
[Saturday, December 7, 2024]
Order of Court And Now, this 25th day of November, 2024, in compliance with Rule 103(d) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration, It Is Hereby Ordered And Decreed, that Armstrong County Local Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 117, is hereby amended. Effective thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin the Armstrong County Court of Common Pleas adopts the following Local Rule of Criminal Procedure, Rule 117.
The Armstrong County District Court Administrator is Ordered and Directed to do the following:
1. File one (1) copy of this Order with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts via email to adminrules@pacourts.us
2. Submit two (2) paper copies to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and one (1) copy e-mailed in a Microsoft Word format only to bulletin@palrb.us.
3. Publish this Rule on the Armstrong County Court website at www.accourts.com.
4 Incorporate the local rule into the set of local rules on the Armstrong County website within thirty (30) days after the publication of the local rule in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
5. File one (1) copy of the local rule in the office of the Armstrong County Prothonotary for public inspection and copying.
By the Court
JAMES J. PANCHIK,
President JudgeRule 117. Magisterial District Judges. Coverage. Admission to Bail by Jail Warden or Designee.
(a) All Magisterial District Judge Offices shall be open for regular business from 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., prevailing time, Monday through Friday, except for County holidays.
(b) Magisterial District Judges shall be available twenty-four hours per day every day to provide continuous coverage for the services recited in Pa.R.Cr.P. 117(A) and for services required in any Protection from Abuse Act case. A Magisterial District Judge shall be deemed to have satisfied this directive by remaining on-call during non-regular business hours on a rotating basis pursuant to a schedule prepared by the Court. The schedule, and any amendments or alterations thereof, shall be distributed and publicized in accord with past practice.
(b.1) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (b), above, to the contrary, the on-call magisterial district judge may preliminarily arraign, using advanced communication technology, any arrestee who has been transported to and lodged in the Armstrong County Jail (as permitted by 61 P.S. § 798) in any eleven-hour cycle commencing at 8:00 p.m. and ending at 7:00 a.m. prevailing time. Such on-call magisterial district judge shall make inquiry of jail personnel prior to 7:00 a.m. to determine if any preliminary arraignment need be conducted, and if so, shall forthwith conduct the same.
(c) On forms prescribed by the Court, a Magisterial District Judge may request additions or amendments to the schedule prepared by the Court in order to provide for vacations, emergencies, and the like.
(d) In addition to those persons who are authorized by statute or the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure to admit an arrestee to bail, the Warden of the Armstrong County Jail, or the designee of the Warden, shall have the authority to do the same in accordance with and subject to the limitations of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Amended November 25, 2024, effective January 6, 2025.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 24-1722. Filed for public inspection December 6, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]
No part of the information on this site may be reproduced for profit or sold for profit.This material has been drawn directly from the official Pennsylvania Bulletin full text database. Due to the limitations of HTML or differences in display capabilities of different browsers, this version may differ slightly from the official printed version.
