Rule 1930.1. Form of Caption. Confidential Information and Confidential
Documents. Certification.
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(b) Unless public access is otherwise constrained by applicable authority, any
attorney, or any party if unrepresented, who files a document pursuant to
these rules with the prothonotary’s office shall comply with the requirements
of Sections 7.0 and 8.0 of the Case Records Public Access Policy of the
Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania (Policy) including a certification of
compliance with the Policy and, as necessary, a Confidential Information
Form[, unless otherwise specified by rule or order of court,] or a
Confidential Document Form in accordance with the Policy.
[Note]Comment: Applicable authority includes but is not limited to
statute, procedural rule, or court order. The Case Records Public Access Policy
of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania (Policy) can be found on the
website of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at https://www.pacourts.us/public-
records. Sections 7.0(D) and 8.0(D) of the Policy provide that the certification
shall be in substantially the following form:
I certify that this filing complies with the provisions of the
Case Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial
System of Pennsylvania that require filing confidential
information and documents differently than non-confidential
information and documents.
The Confidential Information Form and the Confidential Document Form
can be found at https://www.pacourts.us/public-records.[ In lieu of the
Confidential Information Form, Section 7.0(C) of the Policy provides for a
court to adopt a rule or order permitting the filing of a document in two
versions, a “Redacted Version” and an “Unredacted Version.”]