F. Juvenile Warrants

Unless expressly approved in advance by a Court of Common Pleas Judge, constables shall not serve any juvenile warrants issued as a result of dependency or delinquency unless the subject of the warrant is not the juvenile captioned in the case and the subject of the warrant is 18 years old or older. These cases are typically docketed under a “JV” (juvenile delinquency) or “DP” (juvenile dependency) number.

G. Return of Unserved Warrants

  1. A constable who has been issued a duplicate of a warrant pursuant to this chapter shall destroy the duplicate of the warrant no later than 12 hours after the constable's receipt of the duplicate in the event the constable is unable to effectuate service within that time period. Failure to destroy the copy/duplicate of a warrant within the time period set forth herein may, at the discretion of the President Judge, result in a revocation/restriction of one's right to perform judicial duties.
  2. A constable destroying the duplicate shall maintain a destruction log, available for inspection upon request by the President Judge or Court Administrator.
  3. A constable shall not, under any circumstance, make a duplicate or copy of any warrant for purposes of service of the duplicate or copy.

Warrant Service on Incarcerated Parties

  1. Unless expressly approved in advance by the Issuing Authority, President Judge or Court Administrator, warrant service on parties already incarcerated or otherwise in the custody of prison officials is not authorized and will not be compensated. In addition, if a defendant is being processed by a Booking Center on other matters, otherwise eligible warrant service is excluded from the Field Receipt Process until such time that the defendant is released from a Booking Center and is not otherwise incarcerated.
  2. The Court may authorize payment in Summary Warrant matters in the event, through the efforts of a constable seeking a defendant, the constable learns that a defendant is incarcerated in a County jail outside of Adams County but within the Commonwealth, and relays that information to the issuing authority.

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