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Pa. R.A.P. 3101 (2026)

Appellate Courts Always Open.

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Rule 3101. Appellate Courts Always Open.

 An appellate court shall be deemed always open for the purpose of filing any proper paper, of issuing and returning process and of making applications and orders.

   Official Note

   Based on 42 Pa.C.S. §  324 (sessions and terms of courts) which provides that each court shall always be open for the transaction of judicial business and the court or any judge shall have the same power in vacation to issue injunctions, grant stays and enter other orders as they may have while the court is in session.

Source

   The provisions of this Rule 3101 amended December 11, 1978, effective December 30, 1978, 8 Pa.B. 3802. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (25489).