pa-56-24-825: Administrative order 2026-03; adoption of local criminal rule of procedure N202; No. C-48-AD-05-2026

Summary

Amended Administrative Order 1 And Now , this 28th day of May, 2026, it is hereby Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed that the following Northampton County Local Rule of Criminal Procedure is adopted, effective thirty (30) days after publication of this Order in the Pennsylvania Bulletin . This Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. 103(d). The District Court Administrator is directed to do the following: 1. Publish the adopted local rule on the Court's website within thirty (30) days after the publication of this Order in the Pennsylvania Bulletin . 2. File one (1) copy of the adopted local rule in the appropriate filing office(s) for public inspection and copying, and distribute copies of this Order to the common pleas and magisterial district judges of this Court. 3. Cause a copy hereof to be published in the Northampton County Reporter , the official legal periodical for Northampton County, once a week for two successive weeks. By the Court CRAIG A. DALLY, President Judge Rule N202. Approval of all Search Warrant Applications by the Attorney for the Commonwealth. The District Attorney of Northampton County, having filed a Certificate pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 202, requires that any and all search warrants based upon the Rules of Criminal Procedure shall not be issued by any judicial officer unless a search warrant application has the approval of an attorney from the Office of District Attorney prior to approval and filing. The...

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