§ 213.71. Definitions.
Section 1.00.
A. ‘‘CPCMS’’ means the Common Pleas Case Management System.
B. ‘‘Custodian’’ is the person, or designee, responsible for the safekeeping of electronic case records held by any court or office and for processing public requests for access to electronic case records.
C. ‘‘Electronic Case Record’’ means information or data created, collected, received, produced, or maintained by a court or office in connection with a particular case that exists in the PACMS, CPCMS, GTS, or MDJS and that appears on web docket sheets or is provided in response to bulk distribution requests, regardless of format. This definition does not include images of documents filed with, received, produced, or maintained by a court or office which are stored in PACMS, CPCMS, GTS, MDJS, or any other automated system maintained by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.
D. ‘‘GTS’’ means the Guardianship Tracking System.
E. ‘‘MDJS’’ means the Magisterial District Judge System.
F. ‘‘Office’’ is any entity that is using one of the following automated systems: PACMS; CPCMS; GTS; or MDJS.
G. ‘‘PACMS’’ means the Pennsylvania Appellate Court Case Management System.
H. ‘‘Party’’ means one by or against whom a civil or criminal action is brought.
I. ‘‘Public’’ includes any person, business, non-profit entity, organization, or association.
‘‘Public’’ does not include:
(1) UJS officials or employees, including employees of the office of the clerk of courts, prothonotary, the office of the clerk of the orphans’ court division, and any other office performing similar functions;
(2) people or entities, private or governmental, who assist the UJS or related offices in providing court services; and
(3) any federal, state, or local governmental agency or an employee or official of such an agency when acting in his/her official capacity.
J. ‘‘Public Access’’ means that the public may inspect and obtain electronic case records, except as provided by law or as set forth in this policy.
K. ‘‘Request for Bulk Distribution of Electronic Case Records’’ means any request, regardless of the format the information is requested to be received in, for all or a subset of electronic case records.
L. ‘‘UJS’’ means the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania.
M. ‘‘Web Docket Sheets’’ are Internet-available representations of data that have been entered into a UJS-supported case management system for the purpose of recording filings, subsequent actions and events on a court case, and miscellaneous docketed items.
Source The provisions of this § 213.71 amended November 26, 2012, effective January 1, 2013, 42 Pa.B. 7520; amended November 19, 2021, effective January 1, 2022, 51 Pa.B. 7411. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (386113) to (386114).
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