Subchapter B. RECORDS RETENTION


Sec.


213.51.    Scheduled Records/District Justice Record Retention Schedule.
213.52.    Pre-1910 Records and Non-Scheduled Records.

Source

   The provisions of this Subchapter B adopted November 3, 1995, effective November 4, 1995, 25 Pa.B. 4698, unless otherwise noted.

§ 213.51. Scheduled Records/District Justice Record Retention Schedule.

 (a)  The following records may be disposed:

NATURE OF RECORDTIME MEASUREDMANDATORY
RETENTION
PERIOD
1. General Correspondence
Records Not Relating to
Official Actions Taken
Filing in District
Justice Court
1 year

  

2. Criminal Records
   a. Dockets and IndexesFinal Disposition in
District Justice Court
7 years
   b. Original Papers in
Misdemeanor and
Felony Cases
Final Disposition in
District Justice Court
3 years
   c. Traffic Citations,
Non-Traffic Citations,
and Summary
Criminal Complaints
Final Disposition in
District Justice Court
3 years
3. Civil Records
   a. Dockets and IndexesFinal Disposition in
District Justice Court
7 years
   b. Original PapersEntry of Judgments
7 years
Discharge, Verdict, or
Other Disposition
Without Judgment
3 years
4. Financial Records
(Incoming Records:
Journals, Ledgers,
Receipts Bank
Statements, etc.)
Close of the year
for which the records
apply
7 years
5. Miscellaneous Matters Where
Official Action Taken
(Including Search
Warrants and Affidavits)
Filing in District
Justice Court
3 years
6. Inactive Matters
terminated pursuant
to Pa.R.J.A. No. 1901
Date of Order
issued terminating
matter
2 years

 (b) Procedure for disposal:

   (1)  Prepare form R.J.A. 507(b), ‘‘Unified Judicial System Court Records Disposal Certification Request,’’ in duplicate (one original and one copy). This form may be obtained from:

 The Administrative Office of PA Courts
 Department of Court Management
 1515 Market Street, Suite 1414
 Philadelphia, PA 19102

   (2)  Complete the form.

   (3) Send the original to the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, Department of Court Management, 1515 Market Street, Suite 1414, Philadelphia, PA 19102; retain a copy for your records.

   (4)  The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts will return your copy reflecting its decision either authorizing your request to destroy the record or denying your request. If your request is authorized, the records may be destroyed. However, no records are to be destroyed unless the district court office is in receipt of the R.J.A. 507(b) form reflecting authorization by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

   (5)  File the form returned by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

§ 213.52. Pre-1910 Records and Non-Scheduled Records.

 (a)  All district court records dated prior to 1910 or any district court records not listed under Scheduled Records/District Justice Record Retention Schedule may be disposed.

 (b)  Procedure for disposal:

   (1)  Prepare form R.J.A. 507(b), ‘‘Unified Judicial System Court Records Disposal Certification Request,’’ in triplicate. (Two originals and one copy)

   (2)  Complete the form. List the records to be destroyed in the appropriate block on the form.

   (3)  Send one original to the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts and one copy to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Division of Archival and Records Management Services, Box 1026, Harrisburg, PA 17108-1026; and retain one for your records.

   (4)  The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts will return your copy reflecting its decision either authorizing your request to destroy the records or denying your request. If your request is authorized, the records may be destroyed. However, no records are to be destroyed unless the district court office is in receipt of the R.J.A. 507(b) form reflecting authorization by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

   (5)  File an original and the copy returned by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.



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