Justice of Peace Civil Rules
Current through 2025
Chapter 1 · General
- 1 Scope of Rules
- 2 One form of action
- 3 Commencement of action
- 4 Process Deadlines
- 5 Service and filing of pleadings and other papers Deadlines
- 6 Time
- 7 Pleadings allowed; motions
- 8 General rules of pleading
- 10 Form of pleadings, motions and other papers
- 11 Signing of pleadings, motions, and other papers: representations to Court, sanctions Deadlines
- 12 Defenses Deadlines
- 13 Counterclaims and cross-claims Deadlines
- 14 Third-party practice Deadlines
- 15 Amended and supplemental pleadings
- 16 Pretrial conferences
- 17 Parties plaintiff and defendant; capacity
- 18 Joinder of claims and remedies
- 19 Joinder of persons needed for just adjudication
- 20 Permissive joinder of parties
- 21 Misjoinder and nonjoinder of parties
- 22 Interpleaders
- 24 Intervention
- 25 Substitution of parties Deadlines
- 26 Bill of particulars Deadlines
- 27 Other permitted discovery
- 37 Failure to make discovery: sanctions
- 38 Jury trial of right Deadlines
- 39 Trial by jury or by the Court
- 40 Assignment of judges
- 41 Dismissal of actions Deadlines
- 42 Consolidation; separate trials
- 42.1 Opening statements
- 43 Taking of testimony; conferences during trial
- 44 Proof of official records
- 44.1 Determination of foreign law
- 45 Subpoena Deadlines
- 46 Objections in jury trials
- 47 Jurors and jury trials Deadlines
- 48 Majority verdict
- 50 Judgment as a matter of law in actions tried by jury
- 54 Judgment; costs
- 55 Default judgments
- 58 Entry of judgment
- 58A Transfer of judgment to Superior Court
- 59 New trials and rearguments Deadlines
- 60 Relief from judgment or order Deadlines
- 61 Harmless error
- 62 Stays by trial court and on appeal Deadlines
- 63 Inability of a judge to proceed; disqualification
- 64 Seizure of persons or property
- 64.1 Orders in rules to show cause
- 65 Injunction
- 65.1 Security; proceedings against sureties
- 68 Offer of judgment
- 69 Execution Deadlines
- 70 Petitions for title to abandoned property Deadlines
- 72 Appeals to the Court of Common Pleas
- 72.1 Appeals in summary possession cases
- 77 Justice of the Peace Court; clerks; records and exhibits, fees Deadlines
- 79 Dockets
- 79.1 Electronic filing Deadlines
- 85 Title
- 86 Effective date
- 89 Appointment of counsel for State officers and employees
- 90 Attorneys
- 90.1 Admission pro hac vice Deadlines
- 91 Artificial entity and public body representation
- 106 Attorneys and other court officers as bondsmen
- 107 Court seals
- 108 Education requirements for Justices of the Peace Deadlines
- 109 Authority of the Chief Magistrate
- 110 Deputy chief magistrates
- 111 Facsimile transmission Deadlines
- 112 Proceedings in forma pauperis Deadlines