Updated January 18, 2018
The following is a list of “reminders” that should help to expedite the
processing of court documents filed in the Prothonotary's office:
- All documents filed in the Prothonotary’s office must be
on 8 1/2” x 11” paper. Any paper longer than 11” will not be
accepted for filing. (Lycoming County Rule of General Court Business
L 1) Also, please do not attach backers or headers.
- Case numbers must be noted on all documents.
- Originals and copies of all pleadings should have the filing
parties’ signature affixed to same.
- Attorney I. D numbers must be noted on all pleadings.
- All pleading should have applicable cover sheets, confidential
forms and proposed orders attached to them as prescribed by State &
Local Rules of Court.
- The Sheriff requires a deposit for the service of complaints and
writs. One copy of Original complaint and a copy for each defendant
& one service copy are required.
- All Praecipes for writs must have a street address for each
defendant. Post office box numbers are not acceptable.
- Our Sheriff will deputize the Sheriff of another county to serve
a Writ of Summons and will deputize to serve garnishees & parties,
on Writs of Execution on mortgage foreclosure Sheriff Sales. Writs
for personal property execution out of county will be returned to
the filing party.
- Number of copies needed for other court documents:
- Briefs- original for us plus one copy for Court
Administrator.
- Preliminary Objections- Original for Court Administrator and
one for the Prothonotary’s Office.
- Motions and Petitions- Original for Court Administrator plus
whatever number of copies you will need conformed.
- Exceptions- Original for the Prothonotary’s Office plus one
for Family Court.
- All pleadings to be considered by the Court must be numbered and
time-stamped in the Prothonotary’s Office first. Courtesy copies
should not be sent to the Court Administrator, Judges or Law Clerks.
Exceptions to Rule: Continuance requests go directly to the Court
Administrator.
- Service of the Local Rule L206 coversheet will be made by the
Prothonotary, to only the parties listed in Item 6 of the cover
sheet. Counsel of record or unrepresented parties and their
addresses’ must be listed in Item 6. Service names should no longer
be listed on the bottom of the sheet. The filing party of the motion
and cover sheet should also provide to the Prothonotary enough
copies of the pleading for all parties listed in Item 6.
- Plaintiff will still make service of the Initial Case Monitoring
Notice and Order.
- Except for the filing attorney in a new action, all additional
attorneys to the case number, must file a Praecipe for entry of
appearance. Otherwise, their name will not be added to the docket
caption. This includes a replacement of counsel within the same law
firm.
- Default Judgments must include a Praecipe, 10 day notice & Rule
236 notice of entry. MDJ judgments must include the judgment
certification form, Rule 236 notice. Both also require addressed
envelope for each debtor with postage.
- Discovery materials will not be accepted for filing-
depositions, interrogatories, requests for production of documents,
answers to interrogatories ( unless by a garnishee) and response to
request for production of documents. However, we will record
certificates of service for the above and will file a notice of
taking deposition.
- Faxed or emailed documents are not accepted for filing in the
Prothonotary’s Office