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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 24-1770

THE COURTS

Title 255—LOCAL COURT RULES

ADAMS COUNTY

Rules of Criminal Procedure; Administrative Order No. 15 of 2024

[54 Pa.B. 8067]
[Saturday, December 14, 2024]

Order of Court

 And Now, this 23rd day of October, 2024, It Is Ordered that Adams County Rules of Criminal Procedure are amended, as follows:

Rule 547. Return of Transcript and Original Papers.

 When a defendant is held for court, or after the issuing authority receives notice that the case will be presented to the indicting grand jury and closes out the case, the issuing authority shall prepare a transcript of the proceedings. The transcript and any associated documents shall be electronically scanned and transmitted to the clerk of courts in digital format in lieu of transmitting the physical paper transcript and associated documents. The electronically scanned transcript and associated documents shall constitute the original documents for purposes of this rule. The issuing authority shall retain the physical paper transcript and associated documents as long as required to comply with record retention policies.

 Note: Text of rule effective April 1, 2025.

 This rule amendment shall become effective after all the provisions of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure are met, to include the following:

 a. A certified copy of this order shall be submitted to the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee for review;

 b. Upon receipt of a statement from the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee that the local rules is not inconsistent with any general rule of the Supreme Court, two (2) certified copies of this Order together with a computer diskette that complies with the requirement of 1 Pa. Code § 13.11(b), or other compliant format, containing the text of the local rule(s) adopted hereby shall be distributed to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin;

 c. One (1) certified copy of this Order shall be forwarded to the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts;

 d. A copy of the local rule shall be published on the Unified Judicial System's website.

 e. This Order shall be filed in the Office of the Prothonotary of Adams County and a copy thereof shall be filed with the Adams County Clerk of Courts and the Adams County Law Library for inspection and copying;

 f. The effective date of the local rule shall be 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and no earlier than April 1, 2025.

By the Court

MICHAEL A. GEORGE, 
President Judge

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 24-1770. Filed for public inspection December 13, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]


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