forth in this rule are in addition to all federal, state, and county laws and policies and any rule adopted by the Supreme Court including procedural rules.

  1. Any person who violates this rule shall immediately surrender the electronic device to the Adams County Security Department, the Adams County Sheriff's Department, or Court designee for the remainder of their visit. Additionally, the Security Department and/or the Sheriff's Department is authorized to seize from any person any electronic equipment or device used in violation of this rule as necessary for the preservation of evidence in a subsequent contempt/criminal proceeding.
  2. The exceptions set forth in this section do not authorize the use or operation of an electronic device to capture, record, transmit, or broadcast a photograph, video, motion picture, or audio of a proceeding or person within a judicial facility or its environs. The exceptions set forth in this section do not shield a person from prosecution under 18 Pa. C.S.A. § 5103.1 for actions in violation of the statutory provision unless authorized by the presiding Judge.

Rule 1911. Sound System in Courtroom.

Unless directed otherwise by the presiding judge or presiding magisterial district judge during a proceeding, the management of a sound system in a courtroom, including the ability to control power to microphones, shall only be performed by the presiding judge or magisterial district judge, a tipstaff, personal staff of the presiding judge or magisterial district judge, or authorized court administration staff. Under no circumstances shall attorneys, agencies representatives, parties to a proceeding, or any other person touch the sound system, turn off or otherwise adjust a live microphone on the bench, an attorney table, a podium used to address the Court or a witness box. The only exception to this Rule shall be when an attorney, agency representative or party to a proceeding needs to temporarily mute a microphone to speak off the record, which said microphone shall be immediately unmuted once back on the record.

Uniform Rules Governing Court Reporting and Transcripts

Rule 4007. Request for Transcripts.

(a) All requests for transcripts shall be set forth on a standardized form approved by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts and provided by the 51st Judicial District and available at the office of District Court Administrator of Adams County and the Adams County website. The form shall indicate the current rates authorized to be charged for transcripts under these rules. Requestors may also use the standardized form as created by the District Court Administrator of Pennsylvania.