Chapter 10: Rules of Criminal Procedure for the Philadelphia Municipal Court and the Philadelphia Municipal Court Traffic Division
Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure – 2026
Rule 1000
Scope of Rules
Rule 1001
Disposition of Criminal Cases—Philadelphia Municipal Court
Rule 1002
Procedure in Summary Cases
Rule 1003
Procedure in Non-Summary Municipal Court Cases
Rule 1004
Arraignment Prior to Trial
Rule 1005
Pretrial Application for Relief
Rule 1006
Notice of Right to Appeal or to Petition for Certiorari; Guilty Plea Challenge Procedure
Rule 1007
Challenge to Guilty Plea
Rule 1008
Contents of Notice of Appeal or Petition for Certiorari
Rule 1009
Notice to Municipal Court Judge and Attorney for Commonwealth of Appeal or of Petition for Certiorari
Rule 1010
Procedures for Trial De Novo
Rule 1011
Bail
Rule 1012
Recording and Transcribing Municipal Court Proceedings; Admissibility of Testimony at Trial De Novo
Rule 1013
Prompt Trial—Municipal Court
Rule 1030
Scope of Summary Municipal Court Traffic Division Rules
Rule 1031
Institution of Proceedings in Summary Traffic Cases
Rule 1032
Pleas in Response to Citation
Rule 1033
Procedures When Defendant Arrested with Warrant
Rule 1034
Collateral
Rule 1035
Appointment of Counsel
Rule 1036
Philadelphia Municipal Court Traffic Division Hearing Officers
Rule 1037
Appeal from Summary Conviction