courts: Rule 1301*. Scope.

Montgomery County, PA

P.O. Box 311, Norristown, PA 19404-0311
Courthouse Hours: 8:30a.m. to 4:15p.m.
Phone: 610-278-3000
Website: www.montcopa.org

Rule 1301*.               Scope

 

(a)      Pursuant to §7361 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §7361 and

Pa.R.C.P. 1301, et seq., all civil suits and actions in the Court of

Common Pleas where the amount in controversy, exclusive of interest

and costs, is fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or less per plaintiff,

excepting those involving title to real estate and equity cases, shall

first be tried and decided by a Board of Arbitrators consisting of

three members of the Bar of this Court who are in the active practice

of law maintaining their principal office within Montgomery County.

(b)      Cases, other than those described in (a), may be referred to a

Board of Arbitrators by agreement of reference signed by all parties

or their counsel.

(c)      The determination of the amount in controversy shall be made at

the time of the filing of a praecipe for arbitration or a praecipe for

civil trial.