204 Pa. Code § 201.3 - Status of indicting grand juries; initiation of criminal proceedings by information

(a) General rule. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania pursuant to Section 10 of Article 1 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania has approved the initiation of criminal proceedings by information in the following courts of common pleas:

County	Judicial District	Docket Page	Reference Docket No.	Effective Date
Adams	51	179	21	May 1, 1976
Allegheny	5	178	21	June 1, 1976
Armstrong	33	83	21	January 1, 1976
Beaver	36	150	21	March 1, 1976
Bedford	57	31	E.D. 1990	November 19, 1991
Berks	23	53	21	January 1, 1976
Blair	24	54	21	January 1, 1976
Bradford	42	340	21	March 1, 1977
Bucks	7	46	21	January 1, 1976
Butler	50	62	21	January 1, 1976
Cambria	47	77	21	January 1, 1976
Cameron	59	88	21	January 1, 1976
Carbon	56	74	21	January 1, 1976
Centre	49	309	20	January 6, 1975
Chester	15	50	21	January 1, 1976
Clarion	18	187	E.D. 1980	February 21, 1980
Clearfield	46	43	21	January 1, 1976
Clinton	25	308	21	December 9, 1976
Columbia	26	89	21	January 1, 1976
Crawford	30	70	21	January 1, 1976
Cumberland	9	293	21	December 1, 1976
Dauphin	12	49	21	January 1, 1976
Delaware	32	56	21	January 1, 1976
Elk	59	88	21	January 1, 1976
Erie	6	42	21	January 1, 1976
Fayette	14	223	21	June 7, 1976
Forest	37	51	E.D. 1978	April 5, 1978
Franklin	39	291	21	January 1, 1977
Fulton	39	291	21	January 1, 1977
Greene	13	176	E.D. 1978	October 31, 1978
Huntingdon	20	87	21	January 1, 1976
Indiana	40	175	E.D. 1978	October 31, 1978
Jefferson	54	451	21	October 14, 1977
Juniata	41	58	21	January 1, 1976
Lackawanna	45	188	E.D. 1983	December 12, 1983
Lancaster	2	69	21	January 1, 1976
Lawrence	53	572	E.D. 1980	August 28, 1980
Lebanon	52	44	21	January 1, 1976
Lehigh	31	55	21	January 1, 1976
Luzerne	11	48	21	January 1, 1976
Lycoming	29	59	21	January 1, 1976
McKean	48	61	21	January 1, 1976
Mercer	35	309	21	December 9, 1976
Mifflin	58	64	21	January 1, 1976
Monroe	43	60	21	January 1, 1976
Montgomery	38	57	21	January 1, 1976
Montour	26	90	21	January 1, 1976
Northampton	3	45	21	January 1, 1976
Northumberland	8	67	21	January 1, 1976
Perry	41	58	21	January 1, 1976
Philadelphia	1	504	19	January 1, 1976
Pike	60	60	21	January 1, 1976
Potter	55	63	21	January 1, 1976
Schuylkill	21	41	E.D. 1978	March 27, 1978
Snyder	17	87	E.D. 1984	June 29, 1984
Somerset	16	51	21	January 1, 1976
Sullivan	44	71	21	January 1, 1976
Susquehanna	34	129	E.D. 1979	December 31, 1979
Tioga	4	180	21	May 1, 1976
Union	17	87	E.D. 1984	June 29, 1984
Venango	28	68	21	January 1, 1976
Warren	37	51	E.D. 1978	April 5, 1978
Washington	27	249	21	August 2, 1976
Wayne*	22
Westmoreland	10	47	21	January 1, 1976
Wyoming	44	71	21	January 1, 1976
York	19	52	21	January 1, 1976

*By order of the Supreme Court, the statewide rules of criminal procedure governing indicting grand juries and indictments were rescinded effective September 1, 1993. See also, Pa.R.Crim.P. 103 (defining "information" as replacing the indictment in all counties "since the use of the indicting grand jury has been abolished.").

(b) Status of grand jury.42 Pa.C.S. § 8931(f) provides that no grand jury shall be impaneled in any judicial district where the Supreme Court has approved the initiation of criminal proceedings by information, for the purpose of considering bills of indictment, and that such provision shall not prohibit the impaneling of grand juries under and with the powers provided in Subchapter 45D of the Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S. § 4541 et seq.) or for any other purpose as provided or prescribed by law.

Notes

204 Pa. Code § 201.3

The provisions of this § 201.3 adopted June 30, 1978, 8 Pa.B. 1747, amended May 1, 1981, effective 5/2/1981, 11 Pa.B. 1435; amended December 2, 2011, effective 12/3/2011, 41 Pa.B. 6377.