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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

PA Portal Directives Approved April 5, 2019

• Under the mandate and authority of Court Operating Rule 27.01, for all court locations where PA Portal, a part of the electronic filing system, becomes available on a specified implementation date set by the Implementation Planning Task Team, all cases filed by Uniform Citation on and after such implementation date shall be initiated exclusively through an approved and authorized interface to the electronic filing system. All subsequent filings in cases initiated in this manner shall be made through the electronic filing system as provided by court rules.

• Under the mandate and authority of Court Operating Rule 27.01, for all court locations where PA transfer with documents, an authorized interface to the electronic filing system, has been implemented, all criminal cases, other than those filed by Uniform Citation, that are filed on and after such implementation date shall be initiated, including all initiating documents, exclusively through an approved and authorized interface to the electronic filing system. All subsequent filings in cases initiated in this manner shall be made through the electronic filing system as provided by court rules.

• Under the mandate and authority of Court Operating Rule 27.01, for all court locations where PA Portal, a part of the electronic filing system, becomes available on a specified implementation date set by the Implementation Planning Task Team, all cases filed, other than those filed by Uniform Citation, on and after such implementation date shall be initiated, including all initiating documents, exclusively through an approved and authorized interface to the electronic filing system. All subsequent filings in cases initiated in this manner shall be made through the electronic filing system as provided by court rules.