eService Notifications

The PACFile-registered attorneys and case participants representing the moving (ex. Plaintiff, Petitioner, Appellant, etc.) or opposing (ex. Defendant, Respondent, Appellee, etc.) participants on a case will receive electronic service whenever another participant submits a filing through PACFile or the court issues an order* or other document (ex. a Hearing Notice (Common Pleas) or a blank docketing statement (Superior Court)).

For all filings submitted electronically by attorneys or case participants, any applicable eService is triggered after the filing process is completed in PACFile. Electronic service from the court, alternatively, is triggered at the time the order or docketing statement is issued. eService, which PACFile designates as a high priority communication, is delivered in both Dashboard notification and e-mail form in near-real time The short delay between the completion of an action and the communication of that action through a notification. Depending on the action, this delay is anywhere from one to three minutes.. When you access a notification through your Dashboard, it provides the opportunity to view the documents being served.

The e-mail notifications you receive regarding eService are sent to the address you supplied when you created your UJS Web Portal account. This address can be verified in the Manage Account screen. The subject line of this e-mail contains the case number, the case caption, and the name of the filing. The body of the e-mail directs you to log in to the UJS Web Portal to view the document.

*Note: On Appellate court cases, third or non-party participants on a case do not receive electronic service through the eService Received screen. All eService notifications from other attorneys and pro se litigants are received through the Correspondence option on the Dashboard. In addition, court orders are received through the Notice of Court option. Use the links below as a guide for the list of non-party roles on each Appellate Court docket type:

Supreme Court cases

Superior Court Cases

Commonwealth Court cases

On some Common Pleas court cases, a limited number of individuals, often county employees, can receive a courtesy copy version of eService. This occurs when the individual is not an eService recipient, but they are considered to be an interested party on the case. For example, this might occur when a document is filed electronically on an Dependency case and a unique notice is sent to the assigned caseworker. These courtesy notifications are received through the Notice of Court option.