Court of Common Pleas of Clarion County, Pennsylvania Filing Rules

Every motion must include a statement of supporting legal authority, which may be a contemporaneous brief or, for routine noncomplex motions, part of the motion.

The requester must pay a non-refundable deposit of 90% of the estimated transcript cost within 14 calendar days of notice, using an accepted check or money order payable to the County of Clarion and delivered to the district court administrator.

Counsel opposing a Certificate of Readiness must file their reasons within 20 days after it is served.

An electronic signature on an electronically filed motion or answer constitutes a certification that the filing was made in good faith.

A copy of the Certificate of Readiness must be served on counsel of record and unrepresented parties of record.

Electronic filing and service through PACFile are permitted in delinquency proceedings, but not in the listed excluded case categories.

A scheduled conference may be continued only by court order on a party’s written motion.

For a motion for judgment on the pleadings or summary judgment, the moving party must praecipe the matter for argument when filing the motion.

If a rule or law prevents the court from ordering mediation orientation, the parties and their attorneys must notify the court at the conclusion of the conciliation conference.

When a requestor chooses to inspect a record containing non-public information, the court must redact that information.

A party with multiple digital exhibits may submit them together on one USB flash drive.