Rule Text
The Assigned/Issuing Judge should then mail or hand deliver the envelope, after inserting it in another envelope marked ‘‘Confidential,’’ to the appropriate Superior Court Prothonotary office set forth in the sealing order. Alternatively, the materials may be hand delivered by the Applicant.
Amendment history: The provisions of this Rule 3549 adopted November 24, 2020, effective immediately, 50 Pa.B. 6994.
Plain-English Summary (for reference only — not a substitute for the rule text above)
This summary is not the rule. The rule text controls.
When a judge seals documents in a case, those documents need to be sent to the Superior Court. The judge puts the sealed envelope inside a second envelope marked "Confidential" and mails or hand delivers it to the correct Superior Court office listed in the sealing order.
The person who asked for the documents to be sealed (called the Applicant) also has the option to hand deliver the sealed materials to the court themselves instead of having the judge send them.