Montgomery County, PA

 

 

(a)(1) The Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas hereby permits the electronic filing of legal papers and the electronic service of such papers, under the terms described in this Local Rule.

 

(b)(1) All legal papers shall be presented for electronic filing in portable document format (“pdf”). As authorized by Pa. R. C. P. No. 205.4(b) (1), in the event any legal paper is submitted to the Prothonotary in a hard-copy format, the Prothonotary shall convert such legal paper to pdf and maintain it in that format. The Prothonotary shall return the hardcopy to the filing party for retention as required by Pa. R. C .P. No. 205.4(b) (4).

 

(c)(2) All legal papers that are filed electronically shall be filed through the Prothonotary’s Electronic Filing System (“Electronic Filing System”) which shall be accessible through the Montgomery County Prothonotary’s website, www.montcopa.org/prothy.   To obtain access to the Electronic Filing System, counsel and any unrepresented party must apply to the Prothonotary’s Office for a User Name and Password.

 

(d)(1) The Prothonotary will accept for payment of all filing fees the following credit and debit cards: American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa. The Prothonotary will not accept advance deposit on account of future filing fees.

 

(f)(1)  Upon receipt of the legal paper, the Prothonotary shall provide the filing party with an acknowledgment, which includes the date and time the legal paper was received by the Electronic Filing System. The Prothonotary shall also provide the filing party with notice
that the legal paper was accepted for filing. If a legal paper is not accepted upon
presentation for filing or is refused for filing by the Electronic Filing System, the
Prothonotary shall immediately notify the party presenting the legal paper for filing of
the date of presentation, the fact that the document was not accepted or refused for filing
by the system, and the reason therefor.

 

(2) Neither the Court nor the Prothonotary shall be required to maintain a hard copy of any legal paper, notice or order filed or maintained electronically under this rule.