210 Pa. Code Rule 2542. Time for Application for Reargument. Manner of Filing.

Rule 2542. Time for Application for Reargument. Manner of Filing.

(a)  Time.
   (1)  General Rule. Except as otherwise prescribed by this rule, an application for reargument shall be filed with the prothonotary within 14 days after entry of the judgment or other order involved.
   (2)  Children’s Fast Track Appeals. In a children’s fast track appeal, an application for reargument shall be filed with the prothonotary within 7 days after entry of the judgment or other order involved.
(b)  Manner of Filing.—If the application for reargument is transmitted to the prothonotary of the appellate court by means of first class, express, or priority United States Postal Service mail, the application shall be deemed received by the prothonotary for the purposes of Pa.R.A.P. 121(a) (filing) on the date deposited in the United States mail as shown on a United States Postal Service Form 3817 Certificate of Mailing, Form 3800 Receipt for Certified Mail, Form 3806 Receipt for Registered Mail, or other similar United States Postal Service form from which the date of deposit can be verified. The certificate of mailing or similar Postal Service form from which the date of deposit can be verified shall be cancelled by the Postal Service, shall show the docket number of the matter in the court in which reargument is sought and shall be enclosed with the application or separately mailed to the prothonotary. Upon actual receipt of the application, the prothonotary shall immediately stamp it with the date of actual receipt. That date, or the date of earlier deposit in the United States mail as prescribed in this subdivision, shall constitute the date when application was sought, which date shall be shown on the docket.

Comment:

   Under Pa.R.A.P. 105(b) (enlargement of time) the time for seeking reargument may be enlarged by order, but no order of the Superior Court or of the Commonwealth Court, other than an actual grant of reargument meeting the requirements of Pa.R.A.P. 1701(b)(3) (authority of lower court or agency after appeal), will have the effect of postponing the finality of the order involved under Pa.R.A.P. 1113 (time for petitioning for allowance of appeal).

Source

   The provisions of this Rule 2542 amended through December 26, 1986, effective January 31, 1987, and shall govern all matters thereafter commenced and, insofar as just and practicable, matters then pending, 16 Pa.B. 4951; amended September 10, 2008, effective December 1, 2008, 38 Pa.B. 5257; amended January 13, 2009, effective as to all appeals filed 60 days or more after adoption, 39 Pa.B. 1094; amended September 11, 2023, effective January 1, 2024, 53 Pa.B. 5877. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (408530).

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