Manage Notification Settings

eService Received

Notifications regarding the receipt of electronic service on a case where you, or the person you are proxying for, were identified as a service recipient. These notices are also created when the court issues a court order on one of your cases and you are associated to the moving (ex. Plaintiff, Petitioner, Appellant, etc.) or opposing (ex. Defendant, Respondent, Appellee, etc.) participant. Due to the importance of document service, the frequency of this notification type is set to 'Immediately' and cannot be changed.

Notice of Court

Court Filing notifications are defined differently based on the corresponding court relationship:

Appellate Court cases - eService-related communications regarding the court orders that are issued on your cases when you are acting in a non-party role (ex. Amicus, Intervenor).

Common Pleas cases - Any courtesy copies of eService notifications related to a document that has been filed by the court on one of your cases.

Case Initiation notifications are defined differently based on the corresponding court relationship:

Appellate Court cases - Signify any new cases that were filed with the court on paper where you, or the person you are proxying for, are a participant, attorney, or the lower tribunal.

Common Pleas cases - Any courtesy copies of eService notifications related to new case filings that have been docketed by the court on one of your cases. These notifications are not available for the Juvenile docket type.

Party Filing notifications are defined differently based on the corresponding court relationship:

Appellate Court cases - Confirmations from the court that a paper filing has been submitted on one of your cases by another participant.

Common Pleas cases - Any courtesy copies of eService notifications related to filings submitted on one of your existing cases by another case participant or attorney.

Non-Party Filing notifications are defined differently based on the corresponding court relationship:

Appellate Court cases - Confirmations from the court that a paper filing has been submitted on one of your cases by someone in a non-party role (ex. Amicus).

Common Pleas cases - Any courtesy copies of eService notifications related to filings on one of your cases which have been submitted by a filer whose name cannot be systematically determined.

Notifications from the court confirming that a PACFiling submitted by you, or your proxy, has been received.

Notifications from the court confirming that a PACFiling submitted by you, or your proxy, has been accepted and docketed.

Notifications signifying that your PACFiling was accepted, but the filing name was incorrect. The court corrected the filing name and it resulted in a lower fee amount. Payment is accepted for the lower amount and no additional action is required.

Notifications signifying that a PACFiling submitted by another case participant was rejected due to a substantial defect. The filer's only recourse is to submit an entirely new filing that addresses the reasons for the rejection. This notice should serve as a warning that the document(s) delivered via eService was not accepted by the court.

Notifications signifying that a PACFiling submitted by another case participant was returned by the court, due to some minor defect, and the filer is being asked to update the filing and resubmit. This notice should serve as a warning that the document(s) delivered via eService was not accepted by the court. These notices only apply to filings submitted to the Courts of Common Pleas.

Correspondence

Notifications signifying any formal communications from an Appellate court, other than orders, that have been sent to the attorneys and pro se litigants on your cases. When you are acting in a third or non-party role on a case, you will also receive eService-related notifications when another participant submits filings through PACFile.

User Action Required

Notifications that signify an instance in which a court is requesting a document. These notifications only apply to docketing statement recipients on Superior Court cases and to court users at lower tribunals who receive case record requests from an Appellate court.

Notifications sent to the members of organization "A" when a filing, previously created by organization "B" and forwarded to "A" for approval, has been retracted by "B" due to the discovery of an error. These notifications only apply to Common Pleas Court cases and the counties that have adopted this approval structure for one or more filing types.

Notifications that signify instances where a filing has been sent to you for approval by someone in a mutual proxy relationship.

Notifications that signify instances where a filing, which has been previously submitted to a supervisory authority for review, has been approved and sent to you for submission to the court.

Notifications that signify instances where a filing you have previously submitted has been returned by the court, or a supervisory authority, and it has been returned for modification. The filing as not been approved or accepted.

Notifications reminding you that 24 hours have elapsed since you last saved a PACFiling that remains unsubmitted to the court. These filings can be continued through the Filings in Progress option on your Dashboard.

Notifications where the PACFile submission process could not be completed because there was a problem during the checkout process.

Notifications informing you that the court has docketed your PACFiling on a docket type other than one you specified. This change may require you to take some corrective action.

Notifications signifying that your PACFiling was accepted, but the credit card payment failed. This could have been caused by entering incorrect billing information, using an invalid card, or having insufficient credit based on the card's established limits. Payment must be resubmitted for the outstanding fee.

Notifications signifying that your PACFiling was accepted, but one of the following occurred: (1) the filing name selected was incorrect and the court-corrected name carries a higher fee amount or (2) the filing has a variable fee that could only be determined by the court upon submission. In either case, no payment was taken when the filing was accepted so it must be submitted for the outstanding fee.

Notifications indicating that the court has refused to accept one of your PACFilings due to some significant defect.

Notifications representing approvals to your requests to view calendars managed by the courts.

Notifications representing refusals to your requests to view calendars managed by the courts.

Notifications confirming the submission of your requests to view a specific court calendar. These notifications are not indicative of the court’s response.

Notifications confirming that the court has rescinded your access to a court calendar that you could previously view.

Notifications to a lower tribunal, based on a new case filing in an appellate court, signifying a request for the original record.

Notifications that indicate you have a saved filing that has not been updated in the last 60 days, which will be deleted if not updated within the next 30 days.

Proxy Requests

Notifications representing requests from other individuals to act on your behalf within PACFile.

Notifications confirming another PACFile user's acceptance of your proxy request.

Notifications confirming another PACFile user's rejection of your proxy request.

Administrative

Notifications informing you that the court has changed the access code used by pro se participants to access case information in PACFile. This change might be necessary if a code ever becomes compromised.

Notifications informing you that the court has somehow changed your ability to utilize PACFile for one or more cases in that court. This could pertain to restrictions for eFiling on a case.