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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 06-1598

THE COURTS

BUCKS COUNTY

Order Promulgating Rule of Criminal Procedure 520 Regarding After Hours Bail

[36 Pa.B. 4602]
[Saturday, August 19, 2006]

Order of Court

   And Now, this 31st day of July, 2006, Bucks County Rule of Criminal Procedure No. 520 is hereby amended as follows:

Rule 520 Acceptance of Bail Pursuant to Penn   sylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure No. 117
(A)  Pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure No. 117, all after-hours court case criminal bails for both magisterial district judges and common pleas judges shall be accepted and posted at the Bucks County Correctional Facility in accordance with the following procedures:
(1)  Bail previously set by magisterial district judges or common pleas judges shall be posted with a correctional officer deputized by the Clerk of Courts/Criminal Division at the Bucks County Correctional Facility.
(2)  This rule does not pertain to summary cases.
(3)  ''After-hours'' is deemed to be after regular office hours on weekdays, and on weekends or holidays. During regular business office hours, bail set by magisterial district judges shall be accepted and posted at the magisterial district judge offices and bail set by common pleas judges shall be accepted at the Clerk of Courts/Criminal Division.
(4)  Magisterial district judges shall hand serve all defendants who are committed to prison the following notice of where and how to post bail:

NOTICE TO PERSONS WISHING TO POST BAIL
SET BY MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT JUDGE

If you wish to post bail you may do so at the following times and places:
DAYTIME--8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
At the office of the magisterial district judge (or final issuing authority) where your preliminary hearing was held or scheduled to be held during daytime office hours only.
AFTER-HOURS, WEEKENDS & HOLIDAYS
All bail after-hours will be accepted at the Bucks County Correctional Facility, (215) 345-3800, located at 1730 S. Easton Road near the village of Edison, 3 miles south of Doylestown.

   Administrative Order No. 39 is hereby rescinded.

By the Court

DAVID W. HECKLER,   
President Judge

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-1598. Filed for public inspection August 18, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]


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