hearing and shall return said records intact to the Officer at the end of said hearing. Where the records in a case are unusually voluminous the Officer may relax the restrictions of this Rule so that the original records may be removed from the office for a longer period of time.

D. Electronic Copies.

Upon appointment by the Court the Officer shall make electronic copies of the pleadings available to a master, members of Board of View and members of Board of Arbitration.

Rule 803. Correction of Public Records.

Neither the Prothonotary, the Register of Wills, the Clerk of Courts, the Recorder of Deeds, Domestic Relations Section nor the Sheriff shall erase any matter erroneously entered in any official or public record, such as an entry book, docket, mortgage or deed, or will book. Any erroneous entry shall be stricken there from in red ink in such manner as to leave the stricken matter legible, and the correct entry inserted. Upon the making of any correction the Officer making the same shall note the date of such making. In the event that any such Officer shall inadvertently omit to make an entry and subsequently another entry shall be made, the omitted entry may be placed upon the record but it shall not be inserted between two other entries unless the Officer shall note on the record that it was so made, together with the date thereof.

Rule 805. Public Access Policy: Case Records of the Trial Courts.

Pursuant to Section 7.0 of the Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania: Case Records of the Appellate and Trial Courts, persons who file documents that contain confidential information as defined by the Policy shall use and file a Confidential Information Form (CIF) in order to comply with the Policy. Parties are expressly prohibited from filing two versions of any document, i.e., a redacted version and an un-redacted version. The forms shall be available in each filing office as well as on the Public Records page of the UJS website at http://www.pacourts.us/public-records/public-records-forms.

Judicial Appointments

Rule 1001. Petitions For Board of View.

  • Content of Petition.
  • Petitions filed for the appointment of a Board of View shall cite therein the statutory authority under which the board is being sought.
  • The petition shall identify persons having an interest in the appointment of the board, persons who will be legally impacted by the decision of such board, and any attorney who has a real or potential conflict of interest in the matter.