As amended through January 1, 2018
Rule 1901 - Termination Of Inactive Casesa. On or before October 15th of each year, the Clerk of Court, Clerk of Orphans' Court, Prothonotary, Domestic Relations Section, and all Magisterial District Judges shall submit to the Court a list of all matters before them and/or filed on their respective dockets for which no action has been taken for two (2) years or more prior thereto in accordance with Pennsylvania Rule of Judicial Administration 1901, such list to contain no less than the caption, docket number, and in the case of a private prosecutor, the affiant's name.b. On or before October 15th of each year, each office shall present a copy of the list to the Court, and in criminal cases, a copy to the District Attorney.c. On or before the first Monday of November of each year, each of the above-mentioned offices shall serve notice upon the parties in interest pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Judicial Administration 1901(c).d. The Court shall, on the first Monday of each December at 9:00 a.m., call each of the lists presented by the various offices, and the case shall be dismissed with prejudice, unless cause is shown that dismissal would not best service the interest of justice.e. The costs for all cases dismissed shall be borne by the plaintiff and/or complainant, except in criminal cases where the Commonwealth has instituted such case, the costs shall be borne by the County.