Organizational Proxy Notification Types

eService Received

Notifications regarding the receipt of electronic service on a case where the organization is identified as a service recipient.

Notice of Court

Appellate Court cases - eService-related notifications regarding the court orders that are issued on cases where your organization is 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 organization’s cases. These are limited to specific organizations, 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 your organization is 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 organization’s cases. These are limited to specific organizations, 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 organization’s 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 organization’s 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).

Common Pleas cases - A courtesy copy of an eService notification related to a filing on one your organization’s 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 behalf of your organization has been received.

Notifications from the court confirming that a PACFiling submitted on behalf of your organization has been accepted and docketed.

Notifications signifying that a PACFiling submitted on behalf of the organization 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 the attorneys and other applicable participants on your organization’s 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. 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.

Notifications sent to the members of organization "A" when a filing, previously created by organization "B" and forwarded to "A" for review, 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.

These notifications are not applicable to organizational proxy relationships.

These notifications are not applicable to organizational proxy relationships.

Notifications that signify instances where a filing previously submitted on behalf of the organization 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.

These notifications are not applicable to organizational proxy relationships.

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 a PACFiling submitted on behalf of the organization 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 on behalf of the organization 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.

These notifications are not applicable to organizational proxy relationships.

These notifications are not applicable to organizational proxy relationships.

These notifications are not applicable to organizational proxy relationships.

These notifications are not applicable to organizational proxy relationships.

Notifications informing staff at a lower tribunal that, based on a new case filing in an Appellate Court, a request has been made for an original record.

Proxy Requests

Notifications representing requests from other individuals to act on behalf of the organization within PACFile. The proxy must also have the Administer Proxies privilege as part of its relationship to the organization.

These notifications are not applicable to organizational proxy relationships.

These notifications are not applicable to organizational proxy relationships.

Administrative

Notifications informing the organization 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 organization’s ability to utilize PACFile for one or more cases in that court. This could pertain to restrictions for eFiling on a case.