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Part 1 — General Provisions

101 Title and citation of rules
102 Definitions
103 Procedure for adopting, filing, and publishing rules D
104 Principles of Construction
105 Number. Tense
106 Words and Phrases
107 Computation of Time D
108 Construction of Rules. Intent of Supreme Court Controls
109 Presumptions in Ascertaining the Intent of the Supreme Court
110 Titles, Conditions, Exceptions, and Headings
111 Rules in Derogation of the Common Law
112 RulesIn Pari Materia
113 Particular Controls General
114 Construction of Rule Amendments
115 Procedures Inconsistent with Rules

Part 2 — Disability And Language Access

250 Policy
251 Scope
252 Reasonable accommodations
260 Definitions
261 Policy
262 Scope
263 Language access plans

Part 3 — Judicial Council Of Pennsylvania

301 Judicial Council of Pennsylvania D
302 Organization and procedure
311 Recommendations to the Supreme Court

Part 5 — Administrative Office Of Pennsylvania Courts

501 Court Administrator of Pennsylvania
502 Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts
503 Staff D
504 Powers of the Court Administrator
505 General functions of the Administrative Office
506 Cooperation with Administrative Office
507 Record Retention Schedules
509 Access to Financial Records D
510 Guardianship Tracking System D

Part 6 — Magisterial District Judges

601 Certification requirements of interested persons D
602 Continuing education requirement D
603 Continuing education requirement: senior magisterial district judges D
605 Supervision of Magisterial District Courts by President Judges
606 Transfer of dockets and other papers
607 Acts of assembly suspended

Part 7 — Assignment Of Judges

701 Assignment of judges to courts D
702 Divisional assignments of judges
703 Reports of judges D
704 Judicial leave D
705 Seniority of judges
706 Determination or selection of Chief Justice and president and administrative judges D

Part 17 — Judges as Witnesses

1701 Appearance of judge or district justice as character witness D

Part 19 — Miscellaneous Administrative Provisions

1901 Prompt disposition of matters; termination of inactive cases D
1902 Record of asbestos litigation. Prothonotary
1904 Medical professional liability actions
1905 Investment Advisory Board
1906 Prohibited communication with jurists
1907.1 Definitions
1907.2 Policies, procedures and standards of conduct
1908 Filling of vacancies D
1910 Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom D
1920 Definitions
1921 Notice to the Chief Justice and the Judicial Conduct Board
1922 Counsel fees
1950 Definitions
1951 Continuity of operations and emergency action plans D
1952 Emergency actions, duties and authorities
1953 Emergency regional administrative units D
1954 Court security D

Part 21 — Allocation Of Business

2156 Orphans’ Court Division
2157 Proceedings pursuant to Abortion Control

Part 40 — Uniform Rules Governing Court Reporting And Transcripts

4001 Scope of Rules and Policy
4002 Definitions
4003 [Rescinded.]
4004 Qualifications of Court Reporters and Court Recorders D
4005 Approval of Transcriptionists
4006 Employment and Duties of Court Reporting Personnel D
4007 Requests for Transcripts
4008 Transcript Costs Payable by a Requesting Party Other Than the Commonwealth or a Subdivision Thereof D
4009 Fees and Procedures. Local Rule
4010 Format of Transcript
4011 Deadline for Delivery of Transcript D
4012 Sanctions for Delayed Transcript
4013 Certification of Transcript
4014 Redaction of Personal Data Identifiers
4015 Ownership of Notes
4016 Storage and Retention

Part 51 — Custody Of Exhibits in Court Proceedings

5101 Definitions
5102 Custody of Exhibits. General Provisions D
5103 Custody of Exhibits. Special Provisions
5104 Local Rule. Prohibition D
5105 Confidentiality. Exhibits Under Seal D

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Part 19 · Miscellaneous Administrative Provisions

Rule 1950. Definitions

Amended March 16, 2021 (current)

Official Note

See also definitions in Pa.R.J.A. No. 102.

Source: Pa.R.J.A. 1950

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