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42 PA Cons Stat § 4133 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice|Section 4133 - Commitment or fine for contempt

§ 4133. Commitment or fine for contempt. Except as otherwise provided by statute, the punishment of commitment for contempt provided in section 4132 (relating to attachment and summary punishment for contempts) shall extend only to contempts committed in open court. All other contempts shall be punished by fine only.   (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days)    1982 Amendment. Act 326 amended and renumbered section 4132 to section 4133 and renumbered former section 4133 to section 4134.
42 PA Cons Stat § 4134 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice|Section 4134 - Commitment for failure to pay fine

§ 4134. Commitment for failure to pay fine. The court may order the sheriff or other proper officer of any county to take into custody and commit to jail any person fined for a contempt until such fine shall be paid or discharged. If unable to pay such fine, such person may be committed to jail by the court for not exceeding three months.   (Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days)   1982 Amendment. Act 326 amended and renumbered section 4133 to section 4134 and renumbered former section 4134 to section 4135.
42 PA Cons Stat § 4135 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice|Section 4135 - Publication out of court

 § 4135. Publication out of court. (a) General rule.--Publication out of court respecting the conduct of judges, magisterial district judges, other system or related personnel, jurors or participants in connection with any matter pending before any tribunal shall not be construed as a contempt of court on the part of the author, publisher or other person connected with such publication.  (b) Civil and criminal liability not affected.--If any publication specified in subsection (a) shall improperly tend to bias the minds of the public, or of the tribunal, other system or related personnel, jurors or participants in connection with any matter pending before any tribunal, any person aggrieved thereby may proceed against the persons responsible for the publication by appropriate civil action or criminal proceeding.  (Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days; Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)    2004 Amendment. Act 207 amended subsec. (a). See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.  1982 Amendment. Act 326 amended and renumbered section 4134 to section 4135 and renumbered former section 4135 to section 4136.
42 PA Cons Stat § 4136 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice|Section 4136 - Rights of persons charged with certain indirect criminal contempts

§ 4136. Rights of persons charged with certain indirect criminal contempts. (a) General rule.--A person charged with indirect criminal contempt for violation of a restraining order or injunction issued by a court shall enjoy:  (1) The rights to bail that are accorded to persons accused of crime. (2) The right to be notified of the accusation and a reasonable time to make a defense, if the alleged contempt is not committed in the immediate view or presence of the court.  (3) (i) Upon demand, the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the judicial district wherein the contempt is alleged to have been committed.  (ii) The requirement of subparagraph (i) shall not be construed to apply to contempts: (A) Committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration of justice, or to apply to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disobedience of any officer of the court in respect to the writs, orders, or process of the court.  (B) Subject to 23 Pa.C.S. § 6114 (relating to contempt for violation of order or agreement). (C) Subject to 75 Pa.C.S. § 4108(c) (relating to nonjury criminal contempt proceedings). (4) The right to file with the court a demand for the withdrawal of the judge sitting in the proceeding, if the alleged contempt arises from an attack upon the character or conduct of such judge, and if the attack occurred otherwise than in open court. Upon the filing of any such demand, the judge shall thereupon proceed no further but another judge shall be designated by the court. The demand shall be filed prior to the hearing in the contempt proceeding.  (b) Punishment.--Except as otherwise provided in this title or by statute hereafter enacted, punishment for a contempt specified in subsection (a) may be by fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment not exceeding 15 days in the jail of the county where the court is sitting, or both, in the discretion of the court. Where a person is committed to jail for the nonpayment of such a fine, he shall be discharged at the expiration of 15 days, but where he is also committed for a definite time, the 15 days shall be computed from the expiration of the definite time.  (Apr. 28 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days; Dec. 19, 1990, P.L.1240, No.206, eff. 90 days)    Cross References. Section 4136 is referred to in sections 62A14, 62A15 of this title.
42 PA Cons Stat § 4138 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice|Section 4138 - Contempt powers of Pittsburgh Magistrates Court

 § 4138. Contempt powers of Pittsburgh Magistrates Court. (a) General rule.--The Pittsburgh Magistrates Court shall have the power to issue attachments and impose summary punishments for criminal contempts in the following cases:  (1) Misbehavior of any person in the presence of the court thereby obstructing the administration of justice.  (2) Failure of a person to obey lawful process in the nature of a subpoena issued by a judge of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court.  (3) Failure to comply with an order of a judge of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court directing a defendant in a criminal proceeding to pay fines and costs in accordance with an installment payment order.  (b) Limitation.--The power of contempt shall not include system and related personnel, attorneys or law enforcement officers when performing official duties or acting as officers of the court.  (c) Punishment.--Punishment for contempt specified in subsection (a)(1) or (3) may be a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both. Punishment for contempt specified in subsection (a)(2) shall be a fine of not more than $100. Failure to pay within a reasonable time could result in imprisonment for not more than ten days.  (d) Procedure.--A judge of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court shall have the power to issue an attachment by means of a warrant and to conduct a hearing prior to the imposition of punishment for contempt. Any punishment imposed by a judge of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court for contempt shall be automatically stayed for a period of ten days from the date of imposition of the punishment during which time an appeal of the action of the judge of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court may be filed with the court of common pleas of the judicial district. The stay shall remain in effect pending the disposition of an appeal. Upon the filing of the appeal, the court of common pleas shall hear the matter de novo. On appeal, the accused shall have the right to be notified of the accusation and shall have a reasonable time to make a defense. The defendant shall not have a right to a jury trial on appeal.   (June 15, 1994, P.L.273, No.45, eff. 60 days)   1994 Amendment. Act 45 added section 4138.  Suspension by Court Rule. Section 4138 was suspended by Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure No. 1101(1), adopted March 1, 2000, insofar as it is inconsistent with the 30-day appeal period and 30-day automatic stay period set forth in Rule 141 relating to preliminary hearing; continuances.
42 PA Cons Stat § 4139 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice|Section 4139 - Contempt powers of Traffic Court of Philadelphia

 § 4139. Contempt powers of Traffic Court of Philadelphia. (a) General rule.--The Traffic Court of Philadelphia shall have the power to issue attachments and impose summary punishments for criminal contempts in the following cases:  (1) Misbehavior of any person in the presence of the court thereby obstructing the administration of justice.  (2) Failure of a person to obey lawful process in the nature of a subpoena issued by a traffic court judge.  (3) Failure to comply with an order of a traffic court judge directing a defendant in a criminal proceeding to pay fines and costs in accordance with an installment payment order.  (b) Limitation.--The power of contempt shall not include system and related personnel, attorneys or law enforcement officers when performing official duties or acting as officers of the court.  (c) Punishment.--Punishment for contempt specified in subsection (a)(1) or (3) may be a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both. Punishment for contempt specified in subsection (a)(2) shall be a fine of not more than $100. Failure to pay within a reasonable time could result in imprisonment for not more than ten days.  (d) Procedure.--A traffic court judge shall have the power to issue an attachment by means of a warrant and to conduct a hearing prior to the imposition of punishment for contempt. Any punishment imposed by a traffic court judge for contempt shall be automatically stayed for a period of ten days from the date of imposition of the punishment during which time an appeal of the action of the traffic court judge may be filed with the court of common pleas of the judicial district. The stay shall remain in effect pending the disposition of an appeal. Upon the filing of the appeal, the court of common pleas shall hear the matter de novo. On appeal, the accused shall have the right to be notified of the accusation and shall have a reasonable time to make a defense. The defendant shall not have a right to a jury trial on appeal.   (June 15, 1994, P.L.273, No.45, eff. 60 days)   1994 Amendment. Act 45 added section 4139.  Suspension by Court Rule. Section 4139 was suspended by Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure No. 1101(1), adopted March 1, 2000, insofar as it is inconsistent with the 30-day appeal period and 30-day automatic stay period set forth in Rule 141 relating to preliminary hearing; continuances.
42 PA Cons Stat § 4301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records|Section 4301 - Establishment and maintenance of judicial records

 § 4301. Establishment and maintenance of judicial records. (a) General rule.--All system and related personnel shall establish and maintain such records as shall be required by law.  (b) Supervision by Administrative Office.--All system and related personnel engaged in clerical functions shall establish and maintain all dockets, indices and other records and make and file such entries and reports, at such times, in such manner and pursuant to such procedures and standards as may be prescribed by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts with the approval of the governing authority. All such procedures and standards shall be uniform to the maximum extent practicable so as to facilitate the temporary assignment of personnel of the system, other than county staff, within the unified judicial system.    Cross References. Section 4301 is referred to in sections 2705, 4302 of this title.
42 PA Cons Stat § 4302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records|Section 4302 - Effect of records as notice

 § 4302. Effect of records as notice. (a) Real property.--Except as otherwise provided by statute or prescribed by general rule adopted pursuant to section 1722(b) (relating to enforcement and effect of orders and process), every document affecting title to or any other interest in real property which is filed and indexed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county where the real property is situated, or in the office of the clerk of the branch of the court of common pleas embracing such county in the manner required by the laws, procedures or standards in effect at the date of such filing shall be constructive notice to all persons of the filing and full contents of such document.  (b) Documents relating to pending matters.--Documents relating to the pendency of a matter before any court filed in the office of the clerk of any court or other office within or related to and serving the unified judicial system shall be constructive notice to such persons, of such information and for such duration as may be provided by statute or prescribed by general rule adopted pursuant to section 4301 (relating to establishment and maintenance of judicial records).  (c) Foreign language documents.--A writing not in the English language shall not constitute notice to any person unless there is attached to it and filed with it a translation into the English language verified to be correct.   (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, eff. 60 days)
42 PA Cons Stat § 4303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records|Section 4303 - Effect of judgments and orders as liens

 § 4303. Effect of judgments and orders as liens. (a) Real property.--Any judgment or other order of a court of common pleas for the payment of money shall be a lien upon real property on the conditions, to the extent and with the priority provided by statute or prescribed by general rule adopted pursuant to section 1722(b) (relating to enforcement and effect of orders and process) when it is entered of record in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county where the real property is situated, or in the office of the clerk of the branch of the court of common pleas embracing such county.  (b) Order of court as lien.--Any other order of a court of common pleas shall be a lien upon real and personal property situated within any county embraced within the judicial district on the conditions, to the extent and with the priority provided by statute or prescribed by general rule adopted pursuant to section 1722(b).  (c) Transfer of domestic judgments and orders.--An order of any court of this Commonwealth which is a lien on real or personal property situated within any county of this Commonwealth pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) shall be a lien upon real or personal property situated within any other county to the same extent as if resulting from an order of the court of common pleas of such other county upon compliance with such transfer and filing procedures as may be prescribed by general rule.   (Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142 eff. 60 days; Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. imd.)    1982 Amendment. Act 326 amended subsec. (a), retroactive to June 27, 1978.
42 PA Cons Stat § 4304 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records|Section 4304 - Notice of Federal pending actions

 § 4304. Notice of Federal pending actions. (a) General rule.--An action pending in a United States court within this Commonwealth concerning real property located within this Commonwealth shall be effective to give constructive notice of the action as it relates to the real property in the same manner, and to the same extent and under the same conditions as an action pending in a court of common pleas of this Commonwealth.  (b) Authorization for filing of notice of Federal actions.--Notice of an action pending in a United States court within this Commonwealth concerning real property located within this Commonwealth may be registered, recorded, docketed or indexed in the same manner or in the same place as notices of actions concerning real property pending in a court of common pleas of this Commonwealth are registered, recorded, docketed or indexed.   (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days)
42 PA Cons Stat § 4305 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records|Section 4305 - Federal judgments as liens

 § 4305. Federal judgments as liens. (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), every judgment of a United States court within this Commonwealth shall, as provided by 28 United States Code § 1962 (relating to lien) or otherwise, be a lien on property located within this Commonwealth in the same manner, to the same extent and under the same conditions as a judgment of a court of common pleas of this Commonwealth and shall cease to be a lien in the same manner and time.  (b) Filing requirement.--The certified transcript of the judgment of the United States court shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county where the property is located unless the judgment was rendered by such United States court within the county where the property is located.  (c) Authorization for filing of Federal judgments entered in other counties.--Any judgment of a United States court within this Commonwealth may be registered, recorded, filed, docketed, indexed or otherwise conformed to the rules and requirements relating to judgments of the courts of common pleas.   (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, eff. 60 days)
42 PA Cons Stat § 4321 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records|Section 4321 - Record retention schedules

 § 4321. Record retention schedules. (a) General rule.--The governing authority, after consultation with the County Records Committee, shall by general rule prescribe schedules setting forth the conditions under which the records provided for in Subchapter A (relating to establishment, maintenance and effect of judicial records) may be disposed of, either with or without the establishment of a permanent copy thereof.  (b) Requirements for schedules.--Such schedules shall distinguish clearly between records of temporary value and records of permanent value, and no schedule shall be prescribed or revised which will permit the destruction of records of permanent value unless a permanent copy thereof is required to be maintained as provided in this subchapter. Such schedules insofar as they affect the records maintained by related staff, shall be consistent with the schedules prescribed by the County Records Committee.
42 PA Cons Stat § 4322 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records|Section 4322 - Destruction and disposition of obsolete records

 § 4322. Destruction and disposition of obsolete records. (a) General rule.--Any person required to maintain records pursuant to Subchapter A (relating to establishment, maintenance and effect of judicial records) may destroy such records in conformity with this subchapter and the general rules prescribed hereunder. No such person shall be held liable on his official bond, or in the way of damages for loss, or in any other manner, civil or criminal, because of the destruction of records as authorized pursuant to this subchapter.  (b) Historical documents.--Any original records which are of historical value as may be determined by the City Archivist, in the case of City and County of Philadelphia, or by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, in the case of any other county, shall be transferred to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission or to such other depositories as may be designated by the commission.
42 PA Cons Stat § 4323 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records|Section 4323 - Form of recordation

§ 4323. Form of recordation. (a) In general.--Records may be reproduced in accordance with subsection (c).  (b) Records of permanent value.--Records that are classified as records of permanent value may be reproduced in accordance with subsection (c) provided that, if the original record is being destroyed after reproduction:  (1) the reproduction format shall be human readable; or (2) if the reproduction format is electronic or otherwise not human readable, the governing authority, in consultation with the County Records Committee, shall create and apply standards, policies and procedures for the creation, maintenance, backup, migration and transmission of permanent records in that format.  (c) Means of reproduction.--Any photostatic, photographic, micrographic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, optical, electronic or other future technologies, analog or digital, which accurately reproduces the original and forms secure and unalterable copies for recording may be utilized for reproducing records as authorized in accordance with this subchapter.  (d) Documents previously recorded, copied or recopied.--A document within the scope of this section and that previously has been recorded, copied or recopied also may be reproduced by processes authorized by this section.  (July 9, 2014, P.L.1004, No.113, eff. 30 days)   Cross References. Section 4323 is referred to in section 4324 of this title.
42 PA Cons Stat § 4324 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records|Section 4324 - Copies of destroyed records

§ 4324. Copies of destroyed records. A copy of any record destroyed or disposed of as authorized pursuant to this subchapter, or a certified copy thereof, if produced in accordance with section 4323 (relating to form of recordation) shall be admissible in evidence in any matter, and shall have the same force and effect as though the original record had been produced and proved. It shall be the duty of the person who would have had custody of the original record, had it not been destroyed pursuant to law, to prepare enlarged, typed or photographic copies of such reproduced records whenever their production is required.  (July 9, 2014, P.L.1004, No.113, eff. 30 days)
42 PA Cons Stat § 4325 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 43 - Dockets, Indices and Other Records|Section 4325 - Duplicate permanent records

§ 4325. Duplicate permanent records. In order to provide insurance for the more actively used working copies against damage or loss through wear or disaster, duplicate copies of all permanent records designated by the Administrative Office shall be maintained at such locations as shall be approved by the Administrative Office. Such designations insofar as they relate to the records maintained by related staff, shall be subject to the approval of the County Records Committee.