Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 24, June 15, 2024
Section 42.55 - Requests for admissions(a) After the approval of the hearing on the merits of a complaint, any party may send to another party a written request for the admission of the truth of a matter or of the authenticity of any writing, document or record, a copy of which is attached to the request, relevant to the pending proceeding.(b) Matters referred to in subsection (a) will be deemed admitted unless within 20 days after service of the request the recipient serves upon the requesting party a sworn and properly executed answer admitting, denying or objecting to each item.(c) Reasons for all objections shall be stated.(d) All that is not denied in an answer shall be deemed to be admitted. If an answer reads "denied in part" or "admitted in part", the answer shall also state with specificity that which is denied and that which is admitted.(e) Upon motion by a party requesting admissions, a motions commissioner or a motions examiner will determine if the answer complies with this section. The motions commissioner or motions examiner may order that the matter is admitted or denied or that the request or answer shall be amended as the circumstances warrant.The provisions of this § 42.55 adopted August 13, 1976, effective 8/14/1976, 6 Pa.B. 1887; amended October 28, 1983, effective 10/29/1983, 13 Pa.B. 3283; amended April 19, 1991, effective 4/20/1991, 21 Pa.B. 1909.