Rule 205.6. Confidential Information and Confidential Documents. Certification.

Unless public access is otherwise constrained by applicable authority, any 

attorney, or any party if unrepresented, who files a document pursuant to these rules with 

the prothonotary’s office shall comply with the requirements of Sections 7.0 and 8.0 of the 

Case Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania[: 

Case Records of the Appellate and Trial Courts] (Policy) including a certification of 

compliance with the Policy and, as necessary, a Confidential Information Form, unless 

otherwise specified by rule or order of court, or a Confidential Document Form in 

accordance with the Policy. 

Note: Applicable authority includes but is not limited to statute, procedural 

rule or court order. The Case Records Public Access Policy of the Unified 

Judicial System of Pennsylvania[: Case Records of the Appellate and 

Trial Courts] (Policy) can be found on the website of the Supreme Court of 

Pennsylvania at http://www.pacourts.us/public-records. Sections 7.0(D) 

and 8.0(D) of the Policy provide that the certification shall be in substantially 

the following form:

I certify that this filing complies with the provisions of the Case 

Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System 

of Pennsylvania[: Case Records of the Appellate and Trial 

Courts] that require filing confidential information and 

documents differently than non-confidential information and 

documents.

The Confidential Information Form and the Confidential Document 

Form can be found at http://www.pacourts.us/public-records. In lieu of the 

Confidential Information Form, Section 7.0(C) of the Policy provides for a 

court to adopt a rule or order permitting the filing of a document in two 

versions, a “Redacted Version” and an “Unredacted Version.”
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Rule 229.2. Petition to Transfer Structured Settlement Payment Rights.

(a) * * *

(b) * * * 

(c) * * *

(d) * * *

(e) * * *

(f) * * *

(g) * * *

(h) * * *

(i) * * *

Note: The form of order does not preclude a court from adding 

additional language to the order as deemed appropriate in the 

individual circumstances of a case.

The filings required by this rule are subject to the Case 

Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of 

Pennsylvania[: Case Records of the Appellate and Trial Courts]. 

See Rule 205.6.

Rule 240. In Forma Pauperis.

(a) * * *

(b) * * * 

(c) * * * 

(d) * * * 

(e) * * * 

(f) * * * 

(g) * * * 

(h) * * * 
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(i) * * *

(j) * * *

Note: The filings required by this rule are subject to the Case 

Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of 

Pennsylvania[: Case Records of the Appellate and Trial Courts]. 

See Rule 205.6.

Rule 2028. Actions By and Against Minors. Averments in Plaintiff’s Pleading.

(a) * * *

(b) * * * 

(c) * * * 

Note: An action against a minor is begun in the same manner as an 

action against an adult, although by Rule 2034 as under prior 

practice, the subsequent appointment of a guardian to represent the 

minor is essential to the rendition of a valid judgment against the 

minor.

Note: The filings required by this rule are subject to the Case 

Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of 

Pennsylvania[: Case Records of the Appellate and Trial Courts]. 

See Rule 205.6.