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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 10-359

THE COURTS

MONROE COUNTY

Re: Administrative Order 2010; No. AD 21; 5-CU-2010

[40 Pa.B. 1080]
[Saturday, February 27, 2010]

Order

 And Now, this 4th day of February, 2010, in accordance with the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 4301(b), It Is Ordered that the following procedures shall be utilized to ensure a policy is in place to govern public access to the paper records of the Magisterial District Courts within the Forty-Third Judicial District. This policy supplants the existing Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania: Magisterial District Courts, found at 204 Pa. Code §§ 213.1 and 213.11.

 It Is Further Ordered that seven (7) certified copies of this Order shall be filed with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts; that two (2) certified copies and one (1) diskette shall be filed with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin; that one (1) certified copy shall be filed with the Civil Procedural Rules Committee of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; one copy to the Monroe County Legal Reporter for publication, and that one copy shall be filed with the Prothonotary—Civil—of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County.

1. Public Request Access

 (a) Verbal requests for records are to be filled within 48 hours.

 (b) Information subject to a sealing order, restricted by law or court rule, and the court's work product is not accessible to the public.

 (c) Magisterial district courts have the discretion to require that a 'complex or voluminous' request be submitted in writing on a form supplied by AOPC. Exactly what is 'complex or voluminous' may vary from court to court depending on factors such as court resources and caseload.

 (d) All denials for record requests must be issued in writing and the requestor, within 10 business days of notification of the decision, can appeal such a denial to the Deputy Administrator Special Courts.

2. Fee Schedule

 (a) Copying per page—$.25

 (b) Preparing, copying and refiling requested court documents—$8 per 1/4 hour

 (c) Estimated costs are to be prepaid

 (d) Fees paid for services rendered are nonrefundable

5. The effective date of this Order shall be July 1, 2010.

By the Court

RONALD E. VICAN, 
President Judge

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-359. Filed for public inspection February 26, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]


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