Rule *401 - Policy Concerning Access to Case Records of the Court of Common Pleas and Philadelphia Municipal Court, in Conjunction with the Case Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania ("Case Records Policy of the UJS")(a)Confidential Information. The confidential information listed in Section 7.0 of the Case Records Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania ("Case Records Policy of the UJS") shall not be included in (or shall be redacted from) any document filed with a court or custodian and shall instead be included on the court-approved Confidential Information Form which must be filed contemporaneously with the document. (b)Confidential Documents.The documents listed in Section 8.0 (A) of the Case Records Policy of the UJS shall be filed together with the Confidential Document Form. When a document is filed using the First Judicial District's Electronic Filing System, the Confidential Document Form will be generated by the Electronic Filing System upon entry of the requisite information by the filer. All confidential documents filed in connection with each filing can be uploaded at the same time. A Confidential Document Form need not be used for case types that are sealed or exempt from public access pursuant to applicable authority. Confidential documents filed together with the Confidential Document Form are not accessible by the public; however, the Confidential Document Form is accessible by the public.
(c)Access to Case Records at a Court FacilityThe information described in Section 9.0 of the Case Records Policy of the UJS is not accessible by the public at any First Judicial District court facility.
(d)Remote Access.(1)By the Parties. Counsel of record or unrepresented parties shall continue to have remote access to documents and other legal papers filed in their case(s) only.(2)By the Public. Before providing remote access to Case Records or dockets to the public, each Court or Division of the First Judicial District must insure that the information and documents listed and described in Section 10.0 are not remotely accessible by the public.(e)Fee Schedules. The First Judicial District shall adopt a Fee Schedule, as provided in Section 6.0 of the Case Records Policy of the UJS, which shall be posted on the court's website at www.courts.phila.gov and posted in each court facility's filing office in an area accessible to the public.Adopted by the Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania on November 13, 2017, effective 1/6/2018. See Administrative Governing Board Order No. 02 of 2017. Published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on12/2/2017; amended by Order dated December 14, 2021, effective on 1/1/2022.