Rule 1504 Improvident Petitions for Review
Chapter 15: Judicial Review of Governmental Determinations
Rule Text
If a filing in a court is labeled as a petition for review but the proper mode of relief is an original jurisdiction action in equity, replevin, mandamus or quo warranto, or a petition for a declaratory judgment or for a writ of certiorari or prohibition, this alone shall not be a ground for dismissal. The filing shall be regarded and acted upon as a complaint or other proper process and as if filed at the time the improvident filing was made. The court may require that the filing be clarified by amendment.
Amendment history: The provisions of this Rule 1504 amended December 11, 1978, effective December 30, 1978, 8 Pa.B. 3802; amended July 8, 2004, effective 60 days after adoption, 34 Pa.B. 3862; amended January 7, 2020, effective August 1, 2020, 50 Pa.B. 505. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (365257).