Rule 440/441 - Manner of Service. Proof of ServiceAll notices, rules, pleadings, motions and papers required to be served shall, unless otherwise directed by statute, Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure or Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, or expressly provided in these rules, or specially ordered by the court, be served as follows:
(a) Whenever it shall be required that notice shall be given of any intended application to the court, copies of the application shall have already been served with such notice and proof of service filed of record. The service of all rules, citations or orders of the court shall be accompanied with copies of the petitions or motions upon which such rules, citations or orders shall have been granted, unless the opposing parties shall have already been served with such copy.(b) Where an opposing party has not entered an appearance or filed a pleading containing an address endorsed thereon where papers may be served upon said party, service of pleadings shall be as provided by Pa.R.C.P. 400-441, and service of the rule, citation or order of the court entered upon a motion, petition or application shall be as provided by B.R.C.P. 207.1.(c) Where the opposing party has entered an appearance or filed a pleading containing any address endorsed thereon where papers may be served upon said party, service of pleadings shall be as provided by Pa.R.C.P. 440, and service of the rule, citation or order of the court entered upon a motion, petition or application shall be as provided by B.R.C.P 207.1.(d) Proof of service by verified statement, as verified is defined in Pa.R.C.P 76, of the time, place and manner of the service shall be filed in all cases unless specifically excused by these rules, and except where service is made by the sheriff, and when the service is by filing a copy in the prothonotary's office, the reason for so serving it must be stated in detail in the verified statement.Amended effective 2/12/2018 ; amended effective 7/9/2019; amended effective 3/14/2020.