As amended through February 1, 2020
Rule 117 - Coverage: Issuing Warrants; Preliminary Arraignments And Summary Trials; And Setting And Accepting Bail1. Magisterial District Judge Offices shall be open for regular business on Mondays through Fridays, excluding holidays, during such hours as established by Order of the President Judge, and as may be modified with the approval of the President Judge to meet the needs of the public and the court.2. Continuous coverage for the issuance of warrants, the holding of preliminary arraignments and summary trials, and the setting and accepting of bail and collateral shall be by the traditional on-call system as presently established. The President Judge shall establish the schedule of assignment of Magisterial District Judges to on-call duty.3. An on-call Magisterial District Judge, while on-call, and the Clerk of Courts- Criminal, on any day and at any time, are authorized to accept bail in accordance with the provisions, and subject to the limitations, of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.Amended effective 12/1/2015; revised effective 2/1/2020.