Dockets; Document Maintenance

Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure

Rule: 16.6

Jurisdiction: PA

Bluebook Citation: Pa.R.Civ.P. 16.6

(a) Each court shall maintain a sealed docket which is not open to public inspection. (b) The proceeding shall be docketed by case number only. (c) The name or initials of the applicant shall not be entered on any docket which is subject to public inspection. (d) Documents pertaining to the proceeding shall be maintained in a closed file which shall be marked ‘‘confidential’’ and identified by the case number only. Source The provisions of this Rule 16.6 amended and effective November 26, 1984, 14 Pa.B. 4503; reserved March 31, 1994, effective immediately, 24 Pa.B. 1956; amended December 9, 1994, effective March 1, 1995, 24 Pa.B. 6555; amended December 1, 2015, effective September 1, 2016, 45 Pa.B. 7098. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (379786). (b) The proceeding shall be docketed by case number only. (c) The name or initials of the applicant shall not be entered on any docket which is subject to public inspection. (d) Documents pertaining to the proceeding shall be maintained in a closed file which shall be marked ‘‘confidential’’ and identified by the case number only. Source The provisions of this Rule 16.6 amended and effective November 26, 1984, 14 Pa.B. 4503; reserved March 31, 1994, effective immediately, 24 Pa.B. 1956; amended December 9, 1994, effective March 1, 1995, 24 Pa.B. 6555; amended December 1, 2015, effective September 1, 2016, 45 Pa.B. 7098. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (379786). (c) The name or initials of the applicant shall not be entered on any docket which is subject to public inspection. (d) Documents pertaining to the proceeding shall be maintained in a closed file which shall be marked ‘‘confidential’’ and identified by the case number only. Source The provisions of this Rule 16.6 amended and effective November 26, 1984, 14 Pa.B. 4503; reserved March 31, 1994, effective immediately, 24 Pa.B. 1956; amended December 9, 1994, effective March 1, 1995, 24 Pa.B. 6555; amended December 1, 2015, effective September 1, 2016, 45 Pa.B. 7098. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (379786). (d) Documents pertaining to the proceeding shall be maintained in a closed file which shall be marked ‘‘confidential’’ and identified by the case number only. Source The provisions of this Rule 16.6 amended and effective November 26, 1984, 14 Pa.B. 4503; reserved March 31, 1994, effective immediately, 24 Pa.B. 1956; amended December 9, 1994, effective March 1, 1995, 24 Pa.B. 6555; amended December 1, 2015, effective September 1, 2016, 45 Pa.B. 7098. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (379786). Source The provisions of this Rule 16.6 amended and effective November 26, 1984, 14 Pa.B. 4503; reserved March 31, 1994, effective immediately, 24 Pa.B. 1956; amended December 9, 1994, effective March 1, 1995, 24 Pa.B. 6555; amended December 1, 2015, effective September 1, 2016, 45 Pa.B. 7098. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (379786).

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