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Pa. O.C. Rule 4.5

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Rule 4.5 Service of Legal Paper by Court and Clerk

Chapter IV: Format and Service of Legal Paper by Parties and Court; Electronic Filing

Rule Text

(a) The clerk and the court may serve all notices, opinions, and orders via electronic means where any one of the following has occurred:

(1) the parties have agreed to receipt of legal paper by electronic transmission;

(2) the underlying legal paper related to the notice, opinion or order was electronically filed; or

(3) an email address appears on an entry of appearance or other legal paper previously filed with the clerk in the action.

(b) The clerk and the court may serve all notices, opinions, and orders by facsimile in accordance with Rule 4.3(c).