Rule 1037 - Appeals From Traffic Division Orders(a)(1)Notices of Appeal from Traffic Division proceedings are to be filed with the Philadelphia Municipal Court Traffic Division, which will accept them on behalf of the Office of Judicial Records, Criminal (formerly, the Clerk of Courts and Clerk of Quarter Sessions), at the following address: Philadelphia Municipal Court Traffic Division
Appeals Unit
800 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123
Upon receipt of the Notice of Appeal, the Traffic Division shall transmit the Traffic Division record to the Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division, Criminal pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 460. The Notice of Appeal forms shall be posted on the website of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania at www.courts.phila.gov/forms.
(2) On appeal, proceedings shall be held as provided in Pa.R.Crim.P. 1037. The Order to be issued by the Court of Common Pleas judge shall be substantially in the form provided hereunder.(b)Motions to Appeal Nunc Pro Tunc and Notices of Appeal Nunc Pro Tunc shall also be filed with the Philadelphia Municipal Court Traffic Division which will transmit the record to the Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division, Criminal.(c)Red Light Appeals. Traffic Division orders issued after de novo hearings authorized by 75 Pa.C.S. § 3116(m)(4) for violations of Automated Red Light Enforcement Systems are appealable to the Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division, Civil.(d)Appeals from Impoundment Orders. Notices of Appeal from orders issued upon Requests for Release of an Impounded Vehicle pursuant to 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 6309, 6309.1 and 6309.2 are to be filed with the Office of Judicial Records, Civil (formerly, the Prothonotary), electronically through the website of the First Judicial District at www.courts.phila.gov, or at the following address: Office of Judicial Records, Civil
Room 296 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
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New Local Rule 1037 adopted May 8, 2014, effective 6/23/2014.