Court Opinion

ID: 9948392
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-03-06 21:12:43.145383+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:29:32.658273
License: Public Domain

AMENDMENT OF FINANCIAL REGULATION PURSUANT TO 42
                  Pa.C.S. § 3502(c)

204 Pa. Code Ch. 207 (Transmitting Remittances)

§ 207.3. Online Payment Convenience Fee--Adjustment of Fines, Costs, Fees, and
Other Remittances.

(a)     Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 3502(c)(3), the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania
hereby adjusts the level of fines, costs, fees, and other remittances by assessing a non-
refundable [$2.75] 2.75 percent (%) convenience fee for online credit/debit card payments
of court costs, fines, fees, and restitution associated with pre-existing cases, cases initiated
within the Magisterial District Judge, Common Pleas, and Appellate Court Case
Management Systems of the Pennsylvania Courts, or filings submitted via the
Guardianship Tracking System. The 2.75 % convenience fee shall also be assessed on
any other online credit/debit card payments initiated through the AOPC’s UJS
Portal. Said amount shall be paid through a contracted financial intermediary and shall be
added at the time of the payment.

(b)    This regulation shall become effective [January 1, 2010] April 1, 2024, and shall
apply to all online credit/debit card payments initiated through the AOPC's UJS Portal
[made on or after this date on pre-existing cases, cases initiated within the Magisterial
District Judge, Common Pleas, and Appellate Court Case Management Systems of
the Pennsylvania Courts, or filings submitted via the Guardianship Tracking
System].