Rule 205.2(a) - Physical Characteristics of Pleadings and Other Legal PapersAll pleadings, motions, affidavits and other legal papers presented to the Prothonotary for filing shall conform to the following:
(1) The paper shall be white, opaque, unglazed and of good quality.(2) The size of the paper shall be eight and one-half (81/2) inches in width and eleven (11) inches in length.(3) All text shall be typewritten or printed. All printed text shall be legible. All typewritten text shall be in ten (10) or twelve (12) pitch and of letter quality.(4) Captions, titles, citations to legal authority, footnotes and blocked quotations may be single-spaced, but the main body of the text shall be double-spaced.(5) All filings shall comply with the Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania; Case Records of the Appellate and Trial Courts which can be found at the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts website www.pacourts.us as well as on the Berks County Court website www.co.berks.pa.us and with Berks County Rule of Judicial Administration 510. The Prothonotary shall accept a party's pleadings, motions, affidavits and other legal papers for filing without regard to that party's failure to comply with any of the above requirements, as long as sufficient information is provided for the Prothonotary to identify the case to which the pleadings, motions, affidavits and other legal papers apply.
Amended effective 2/12/2018 ; amended effective 7/9/2019; amended effective 3/14/2020.