Person-to-Person Proxy Notification Types

eService Received

Notifications regarding the receipt of electronic service on a case where you are identified as a service recipient.

Notice of Court

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

Common Pleas cases - A courtesy copy of an eService notification related to a document that has been filed by the court on one of your cases. These are limited to specific recipient groups, which vary by docket type, that are considered interested parties but are not designated as service recipients.

Appellate Court cases - Notifications regarding any new cases that were paper-filed with the court where you are listed as a case participant and the court has made the document available electronically. This is not considered a form of eService.

Common Pleas cases - A courtesy copy of an eService notification related to a new case filing that has been docketed by the court on one of your cases. These are limited to specific recipient groups, which vary by docket type, that are considered interested parties but are not designated as service recipients. These notifications are not available for the Juvenile docket type.

Appellate Court cases - Notifications from the court confirming that a paper filing has been submitted on one of your active cases by another participant. This is not considered a form of eService.

Common Pleas cases - A courtesy copy of an eService notification related to a filing on one of your existing cases that has been submitted by another case participant or the attorney of a case participant. These are limited to specific recipient groups, which vary by docket type, that are considered interested parties but are not designated as service recipients.

Appellate Court cases - Notifications from the court confirming that a paper filing has been submitted on one of your active cases by someone in a third or non-party role (ex. Amicus). This is not considered a form of eService.

Common Pleas cases - A courtesy copy of an eService notification related to a filing on one of your existing cases, which has been submitted by a filer that cannot be systematically determined. These notifications are very rare. These are limited to specific recipient groups, which vary by docket type, that are considered interested parties but are not designated as service recipients.

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

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

Notifications signifying that a PACFiling submitted by you or your proxy 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 the court, other than orders, that have been sent to you on any of your applicable cases. These notifications apply to Appellate Court cases only.

User Action Required

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

These notifications are not applicable to person-to-person proxy relationships.

These notifications are not applicable to person-to-person proxy relationships.

These notifications are not applicable to person-to-person proxy relationships.

Notifications that signify instances where a filing submitted on behalf of the proxy relationship 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 a PACFiling was created on your behalf that remains unsubmitted to the court.

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

Notifications signifying that a PACFiling submitted by you, or your proxy, 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 a PACFiling submitted by you or your proxy 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 a filing submitted on your behalf 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 in PACFile. The proxy must also have the ‘Administer Proxies’ privilege as part of their relationship to you.

These notifications are not applicable to person-to-person proxy relationships.

These notifications are not applicable to person-to-person proxy relationships.

Administrative

Notifications informing you that the court has changed the access code used by some 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.