Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

Exhibits containing private medical or psychological information must not be filed with the Prothonotary.

No exhibit containing private medical or psychological information shall be filed with the Prothonotary.

CRITICAL

To seek sealing, the filing party must designate the document as sealed in the CountySuite Portal and submit a separate proper request; the designation alone does not seal it.

Documents intended to be filed under seal shall be designated by the filing party as “sealed” in the CountySuite Portal. However, designation of documents as “sealed” does not seal the document. The filing party must submit a proper request for sealing documents in addition to making the designation in the CountySuite Portal.

CRITICAL

Exhibits containing private medical or psychological information must not be filed with the Prothonotary.

No exhibit containing private medical or psychological information shall be filed with the Prothonotary.

CRITICAL

A filer must designate documents intended for sealing as sealed in the CountySuite Portal and separately submit a proper sealing request; the designation alone does not seal the document.

Documents intended to be filed under seal shall be designated by the filing party as “sealed” in the CountySuite Portal. However, designation of documents as “sealed” does not seal the document. The filing party must submit a proper request for sealing documents in addition to making the designation in the CountySuite Portal.

CRITICAL

Unless law, court rules, or the Court require otherwise, filings may include only the listed limited personal identifier details, and the parties alone are responsible for redacting them.

J. Unless required by an applicable law or rule of court or unless so directed by the Court, parties or their attorneys may include only: 1. The last four digits of the social security number of the taxpayer identification number; 2. The year of the individual’s birth; 3. The last four digits of the financial account information in documents filed with the Prothonotary. The responsibility for redacting these personal identifiers rests solely with the parties.

WARNING

Unless law, court rule, or court direction requires otherwise, parties and attorneys may include only the listed limited personal identifiers, and parties are solely responsible for redacting them.

Unless required by an applicable law or rule of court or unless so directed by the Court, parties or their attorneys may include only: 1. The last four digits of the social security number of the taxpayer identification number; 2. The year of the individual’s birth; 3. The last four digits of the financial account information in documents filed with the Prothonotary. The responsibility for redacting these personal identifiers rests solely with the parties.

WARNING

For sealed documents, filing details and the title appear in the e-File system, but only the Court, Prothonotary staff, and case participants may view the document.

The filing details and document title will appear in the e-File system. The document can be viewed only by the Court, the Prothonotary staff, and case participants.

WARNING

Information submitted to the Diversion Program Coordinator but not filed with the Court is confidential and inadmissible in later proceedings, unless otherwise provided by law.

All information submitted to the Diversion Program Coordinator that is not filed with the Court shall be confidential and inadmissible in any subsequent legal proceeding, unless otherwise provided by law.