Court News

• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of August 25, 2019

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  • 8/23/2019
• First Judicial District

  Public Notice - RE: Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program.

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  • 8/21/2019
• Office of Human Resources

  Access to job postings on the FJD Careers System has been disabled while updates are being performed. Thank you for your patience.

  • 8/21/2019
• Court of Common Pleas

  Civil Docket Access - The online name, judgment & docket search features are temporarily unavailable.

  • 8/21/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of August 18, 2019

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  • 8/16/2019
• Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division - Civil

  Updated Approved Surety List Effective 5/1/19 - 4/30/20

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  • 8/15/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of August 16, 2019 through August 23, 2019

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  • 8/14/2019
• First Judicial District

  AGB Administrative Order In re: No. 01 of 2017 Court-Appointed Mental Health Attorneys

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  • 8/13/2019
• Court of Common Pleas

  President Judge Administrative Order No. 11 of 2019 In Re: ELECTION DAY JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS 2019 General Election - Tuesday, November 5, 2019

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  • 8/9/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of August 9, 2019 through August 16, 2019

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  • 8/8/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of August 11, 2019

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  • 8/8/2019
• First Judicial District

  Access to eJuror has been restored. All prospective jurors can view our online system to see if you qualify for jury service, to ask for postponements, and to obtain proof of service.

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  • 8/6/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of August 4, 2019

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  • 8/5/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of August 2, 2019 through August 9, 2019

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  • 7/30/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of July 28, 2019

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  • 7/26/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of July 28, 2019

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  • 7/26/2019
• Court of Common Pleas

  President Judge Administrative Order No. 10 of 2019 In Re: Objections to Nomination Papers – General Election, November 5, 2019

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  • 7/24/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of July 26, 2019 through August 2, 2019

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  • 7/23/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of July 21, 2019

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  • 7/19/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of July 19, 2019 through July 26, 2019

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  • 7/16/2019
• First Judicial District

  E-filing update: The e-Subpoena System is now available.

  • 7/11/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of July 14, 2019

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  • 7/11/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of July 12, 2019 through July 19, 2019

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  • 7/10/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE to our online users: Effective today, Wednesday, July 3rd , 2019 the FJD's Criminal case electronic filing (e-file) has been restored. Please be aware that due to an expected surge in user access, intermittent connectivity issues may arise. Read full notice.

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  • 7/3/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of July 5, 2019 through July 12, 2019

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  • 7/2/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE to our online users: Effective today, Monday, July 1 st , 2019 the FJD's Civil and Orphans' Court electronic filing (e-file) and docket searches have been restored. Please be aware that due to an expected surge in user access, intermittent connectivity issues may arise. Read full notice.

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  • 7/1/2019
• First Judicial District

  Notice: All courts will be closed on Thursday and Friday, July 4-5, 2019 in observance of INDEPENDENCE DAY, except Municipal Court's Arraignment Court, Bail Acceptance and the filing of Emergency Protection from Abuse Petitions at the Stout Center for Criminal Justice, 1301 Filbert St.

  • 7/1/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of June 28, 2019 through July 5, 2019

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  • 6/28/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE to our online users: We appreciate your patience as we continue to work on relaunching our electronic filing system and our employment application site. Thank you

  • 6/26/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of June 14, 2019 through June 21, 2019

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  • 6/13/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of May 31 2019 through June 7, 2019

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  • 5/30/2019
• First Judicial District

  Notice: All courts will be closed on Monday, May 27, 2019 in observance of MEMORIAL DAY, except Municipal Court's Arraignment Court, Bail Acceptance and the filing of Emergency Protection from Abuse Petitions at the Stout Center for Criminal Justice, 1301 Filbert St.

  • 5/24/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of May 19, 2019

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  • 5/17/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of May 17 2019 through May 24, 2019

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  • 5/15/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of May 12, 2019

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  • 5/9/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of May 10 2019 through May, 17, 2019

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  • 5/7/2019
• First Judicial District

  Invitation to Bid (ITB) Oracle PL / SQL Developer Services

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  • 5/3/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of May 5, 2019

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  • 5/3/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of May 3 2019 through May, 10, 2019

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  • 5/1/2019
• Court of Common Pleas, Orphans' Court Division

  Administrative Order No. 09 of 2019 In Re: Adoption of Local Orphans' Court Rules Governing Guardianship Proceedings.

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  • 5/1/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of April 28, 2019

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  • 4/26/2019
• Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division - Civil

  ASBESTOS LITIGATION 2020 Trial Grouping Order

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  • 4/26/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of April 26 2019 through May, 3, 2019

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  • 4/25/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of April 21, 2019

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  • 4/18/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of April 19, 2019 through April 26, 2019

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  • 4/16/2019
• First Judicial District

  Notice: All courts will be closed on Friday, April 19, 2019 in observance of GOOD FRIDAY, except Municipal Court's Arraignment Court, Bail Acceptance and the filing of Emergency Protection from Abuse Petitions at the Stout Center for Criminal Justice, 1301 Filbert St.

  • 4/16/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of April 14, 2019

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  • 4/12/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of April 12, 2019 through April 19, 2019

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  • 4/10/2019
• Municipal Court

  Administrative Order No. 08 of 2019 In re: Amendment of Philadelphia Municipal Court Criminal Rule 540. Preliminary Arraignment.

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  • 4/8/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of April 7, 2019

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  • 4/5/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of April 5, 2019 through April 12, 2019

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  • 4/2/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of April 1, 2019

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  • 3/29/2019
• First Judicial District

  2019 Primary Election - Ballot Challenges & Outcomes. rev 3-27-19 at 2:55 PM

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  • 3/27/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of March 29, 2019 through April 5, 2019

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  • 3/27/2019
• Court of Common Pleas

  President Judge Administrative Order No. 06 of 2019 In re: Adoption of Phila DR.R. 1915.11-1 Parenting Coordination, and

  • 3/25/2019
• Court of Common Pleas

  President Judge Administrative Order No. 06 of 2019 In re: Adoption of Phila DR.R. 1915.11-1 Parenting Coordination, and

  • 3/25/2019
• Court of Common Pleas

  President Judge Administrative Order No. 06 of 2019 In re: Adoption of Phila DR.R. 1915.11-1 Parenting Coordination, and Amendment of Phila. Civ. R. *215 Assignment of Cases in the Trial Division.

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  • 3/25/2019
• Court of Common Pleas

  President Judge Administrative Order No. 06 of 2019 In re: Adoption of Phila DR.R. 1915.11-1 Parenting Coordination, and

  • 3/25/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of March 24, 2019.

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  • 3/22/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of March 22, 2019 through March 29, 2019

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  • 3/19/2019
• Jury Commission

  Jury Commission Office is implementing an upgrade to our Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system and we may experience some difficulty during this transitional period. Please feel free to contact us at any of the below listed numbers for any questions or inquiries. 215-683-3775 / 3776 / 3777 /3778 / 3779/ 3780. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

  • 3/18/2019
• Court of Common Pleas

  Notice - Jury Selection Commissioner

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  • 3/18/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of March 17, 2019.

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  • 3/15/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of March 15, 2019 through March 22, 2019

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  • 3/13/2019
• Court of Common Pleas, Municipal Court

  Administrative Order No. 07 of 2019 In re: Adoption of Philadelphia Criminal Rule *708. Violation of Probation or Parole. Revocation Hearings.

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  • 3/13/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of March 10, 2019.

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  • 3/8/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of March 8, 2019 through March 15, 2019

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  • 3/6/2019
• Court of Common Pleas

  President Judge Administrative Order No. 05 of 2019 In re: ELECTION DAY JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS 2019 Primary Election - Tuesday, May 21, 2019

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  • 3/6/2019
• First Judicial District

  All Philadelphia Courts and departments are open and operating on a normal schedule. Jurors are to report to the CJC or City Hall at 8:15am.

  • 3/4/2019
• First Judicial District

  ** ATTENTION CRIMINAL E-FILING & E-DISCOVERY USERS ** There will be an outage of the Criminal E-Filing and E-Discovery Systems on Saturday(3/2/19) while scheduled network maintenance is performed. Thank you for your patience. This outage does not impact the other FJD electronic filing systems.

  • 3/1/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of March 3, 2019.

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  • 3/1/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of March 1, 2019 through March 8, 2019

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  • 2/27/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of February 24, 2019.

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  • 2/22/2019
• Court of Common Pleas

  President Judge Administrative Order No. 04 of 2019 In re: Appointment of Court of Common Pleas Judge to serve as City Commissioner on the Philadelphia County Election Board for the 2019 Primary, General and Special Elections pursuant to 25 P.S. § 2641

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  • 2/22/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of February 22, 2019 through March 1, 2019

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  • 2/21/2019
• Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division - Civil, Office of Judicial Records

  Discovery Court - The Discovery Court list of Wednesday, February 20, 2019 has been rescheduled for Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 9:00 am in room 483 City Hall, Philadelphia Pa. 19107.

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  • 2/21/2019
• First Judicial District

  Special Weather Advisory: All Courts and Offices of the Philadelphia Courts will be CLOSED Wednesday, February 20, 2019 due to inclement weather conditions. All critical Court services are expected to remain operational. Municipal Court Preliminary Arraignment Court, Bail Acceptance, Emergency Protection From Abuse, and the Warrant Unit will remain open.

  • 2/20/2019
• First Judicial District

  Due to the inclement weather prediction for tomorrow Wednesday, February 20, 2019, all courts and offices of the Philadelphia courts will be closed. All critical court services are expected to remain operational.

  • 2/19/2019
• First Judicial

  If you are scheduled for Jury Duty on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 do NOT report for service. You will be rescheduled to serve at a later date. All critical Court services are expected to remain operational.

  • 2/19/2019
• Court of Common Pleas

  President Judge Administrative Order No. 01 of 2019 In Re: Appointment of Court of Common Pleas Judges to serve as City Commissions on the Philadelphia County Election Board for the 2019 Primary, General Special Elections pursuant to 25. P.S. §2641

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  • 2/15/2019
• Court of Common Pleas

  President Judge Administrative Order No. 03 of 2019 In re: Objections to Nomination Petitions - Primary Election, May 21, 2019

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  • 2/15/2019
• First Judicial District

  Notice: All courts will be closed on Monday, February 18, 2019 in observance of PRESIDENTS' DAY, except Municipal Court's Arraignment Court, Bail Acceptance and the filing of Emergency Protection from Abuse Petitions at the Stout Center for Criminal Justice, 1301 Filbert St.

  • 2/15/2019
• Court of Common Pleas

  President Judge Administrative Order No. 02 of 2019 In re: Special Election for the 190th Legislative District To Be Held: Tuesday, March 12, 2019

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  • 2/15/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of February 17, 2019.

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  • 2/15/2019
• First Judicial District

  Notice: All Courts and Offices of the First Judicial District are Open and operating on a normal schedule today, Tuesday, February 12, 2019. All Jurors must report for Jury Duty.

  • 2/12/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of February 15, 2019 through February 22, 2019

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  • 2/12/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of February 10, 2019.

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  • 2/8/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of February 8, 2019 through February 15, 2019

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  • 2/6/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of February 3, 2019.

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  • 2/1/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of February 1, 2019 through February 8, 2019

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  • 1/30/2019
• First Judicial District

  Request for Proposal (RFP) for Moving Services Vendors questions and answers.

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  • 1/29/2019
• Traffic Court

  Traffic Court will be closing at 4:30PM today due to a computer/software issue. Operations are expected to resume as normal tomorrow morning.

  • 1/28/2019
• First Judicial District

  Last chance to register for the 2019 Volunteer Attorney Training Program: Guardianship and Tangled Title CLE Course. Wednesday, January 30, 2019.

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  • 1/28/2019
• First Judicial District

  Invitation to Bid (ITB): Interior/Exterior Door Signage Vendors questions and answers

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  • 1/28/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of January 27, 2019.

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  • 1/25/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of January 25, 2019 through February 1, 2019

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  • 1/22/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of January 20, 2019.

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  • 1/18/2019
• First Judicial District

  Notice: All courts will be closed on Monday, January 21, 2019 in observance of MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY, except Municipal Court's Arraignment Court, Bail Acceptance and the filing of Emergency Protection from Abuse Petitions at the Stout Center for Criminal Justice, 1301 Filbert St.

  • 1/18/2019
• First Judicial District

  Request for Proposal (RFP): Operation, Maintenance & Support Services for the Philadelphia Family Court Facility at 1501 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA. Vendor's Questions and Answers ("Q &A")

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  • 1/17/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of January 18, 2019 through January 25, 2019

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  • 1/16/2019
• First Judicial District

  CLE Course: 2019 Volunteer Attorney Training Program: Guardianship and Tangled Title. Wednesday, January 30, 2019

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  • 1/11/2019
• First Judicial District

  Invitation to Bid (ITB): Interior/Exterior Door Signage

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  • 1/10/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of January 13, 2019.

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  • 1/10/2019
• Traffic Court

  Traffic Court will be suspending operations for the remainder of the day due to a power outage. Court will reopen, as normal, tomorrow.

  • 1/9/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of January 11, 2019 through January 18, 2019

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  • 1/9/2019
• Court of Common Pleas, Orphans' Court Division

  Notice to the Bar - RE: Orphans' Court 2019 Audit List Calendar

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  • 1/7/2019
• Court of Common Pleas, Orphans' Court Division

  Orphans' Court 2019 Judicial Calendar

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  • 1/7/2019
• First Judicial District

  View the Judicial Schedules for the week of January 6, 2019.

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  • 1/4/2019
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of January 4, 2019 through January 11, 2019

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  • 1/3/2019
• First Judicial District

  Request for Proposal (RFP) for Moving Services

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  • 1/2/2019
• Court of Common Pleas, Orphans' Court Division

  2019 Corporate Fiduciaries

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  • 1/2/2019
• First Judicial District

  Notice: All courts will be closed on Tuesday, January 1, 2019 in observance of New Year's Day, except Municipal Court's Arraignment Court, Bail Acceptance and the filing of Emergency Protection from Abuse Petitions at the Stout Center for Criminal Justice, 1301 Filbert St.

  • 12/29/2018
• First Judicial District

  NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for the Week of December 28, 2018 through January 4, 2019

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  • 12/27/2018
• First Judicial District

  Request for Proposal (RFP): Operation, Maintenance & Support Services for the Philadelphia Family Court Facility at 1501 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA.

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  • 11/29/2018

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