Rule 210 - Arrest WarrantsA. Application The following judges and magisterial district judges are designated by the President Judge as issuing authorities to receive and act upon applications for arrest warrants in juvenile delinquency proceedings initiated in and for the 31st Judicial District of Pennsylvania composed of Lehigh County:1. All commissioned judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, all commissioned magisterial district judges in the 31st Judicial District of Pennsylvania, and any senior judge or senior magisterial district judge assigned to perform the duties of a judge or magisterial judge within the 31st Judicial District of Pennsylvania at the time of the application.2. During normal business hours of the courts, such applications should normally be made to the magisterial district judge in whose district the offense(s) or any one offense is/are alleged to have occurred, or to a judge of the Court of Common Pleas regularly assigned to hear delinquency cases. After normal business hours and on holidays, these applications should normally be made to an on-call magisterial district judge. Nothing in this paragraph, however, shall diminish the authority of any judge or magisterial district judge designated in paragraph 1 of this order to receive and act upon such applications. Note: This same designation was originally contained in an Order of Court dated September 30, 2005, and effective October 1, 2005. The Order of September 30, 2005, shall govern until this Rule becomes effective.
B. Approval of Commonwealth. The District Attorney of Lehigh County having filed a certification pursuant to Pa.R.J.C.P. 231, all applications for arrest warrants under Pa.J.C.P. 210 shall be approved by an attorney for the Commonwealth before the application for the warrant is submitted to an issuing authority.