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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 13-1514

THE COURTS

BUCKS COUNTY

Order Promulgating Rule of Civil Procedure 205.4—Electronic Filing and Service of Legal Papers

[43 Pa.B. 4724]
[Saturday, August 17, 2013]

Order

 And Now, this 31st day of July, 2013, Bucks County Rule of Civil Procedure 205.4—Electronic Filing and Service of Legal Papers, is promulgated as follows:

Bucks County Rule 205.4. Electronic Filing and Service of Legal Papers.

 (a)(1) Any legal paper permitted to be filed under the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure may be filed electronically under the procedures set forth in this rule.

 (b)(1) All legal papers to be electronically filed shall be presented in portable document format (''.pdf'') as authorized by Pa.R.C.P. No. 205.4(b)(1).

 (b)(2) Legal papers may be submitted to the Prothonotary in a hard copy format. In that event, the Prothonotary shall electronically scan such legal paper into .pdf format and maintain it in that format. Any hard copies filed under this subsection will be retained by the Prothonotary.

 (c)(1) All legal papers that are filed electronically shall be filed through the Prothonotary's Electronic Filing System (''Electronic Filing System''). General access to the Electronic Filing System shall be provided through a link appearing on the Prothonotary's website, at www. buckscounty.org/government/rowofficers/prothonotary/index.aspx.

 (c)(2) Parties who are not attorneys shall register with the Electronic Filing System in order to file legal papers electronically. Registrants shall provide their name, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number, and other identifying information as required by the Office of the Prothonotary.

 (d)(1) The Prothonotary shall accept the following credit and debit cards for payment of all filing fees: Discover, MasterCard and Visa. The Prothonotary shall not accept advance deposit on account of future filing fees.

 (e) (Reserved)

 (f)(1) Upon receipt of an electronically filed legal paper, the Prothonotary shall provide the filing party with an acknowledgement, which includes the date and time the legal paper was received by the Electronic Filing System. The Prothonotary shall also provide the filing party with notice that the legal paper was accepted for filing. If the legal paper is not accepted upon presentation for filing or is refused for filing by the Electronic Filing System, the Prothonotary shall immediately notify the party presenting the legal paper for filing the date of presentation, the fact that the document was not accepted or refused for filing by the system, and the reason therefor. All acknowledgements and notices under this subsection will be sent to the e-mail address provided by the filing party.

 (f)(2) The Prothonotary shall maintain an electronic copy of all legal papers filed. In addition, the Prothonotary shall maintain a hard copy of any legal papers filed under subsection (b)(2) hereof.

 This new Rule shall become effective thirty days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

 Final written approval for implementation of the Electronic Filing System as described within Bucks County Rule 205.4 shall be issued by the Court.

By the Court

SUSAN DEVLIN SCOTT, 
President Judge

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 13-1514. Filed for public inspection August 16, 2013, 9:00 a.m.]


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