Rule 205.1 - CUSTODY OF PAPERS(a) All papers relating to civil matters shall be filed in the Office of the Prothonotary, with the exception of support matters which shall be filed with the Domestic Relations Section in accordance with appropriate statutes, Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, and these rules, with a case number and year thereon and the date and hour of filing to be stamped thereon by the Prothonotary or Clerk of the Domestic Relations Section.(b) Upon receipt by the Prothonotary of the record of a case transferred from another judicial district, the Prothonotary shall assign a case number and year to the action and shall notify all counsel of record thereof.(c) Prepayment of costs for filing. The Prothonotary, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas, Register of Wills, Clerk of the Orphans' Court Division, Clerk of the Domestic Relations Section, and the Recorder of Deeds shall have the right to require payment for the filing, recording, or service of a paper or pleading at the time same is filed and, if said officer is unable to determine in advance the amount so required, he shall have a right to require a reasonable sum as a deposit against the costs for filing, recording, or service of a paper or pleading at the time same is filed.(d) The record papers in the Office of the Prothonotary and Domestic Relations Section shall be in the custody of said officials who shall be responsible for their safekeeping. No person, other than the Prothonotary or the Chief of the Domestic Relations Section, or their duly authorized clerks, shall have access to the files in which such record papers are kept.(e) Auditors, masters, and other similar officers appointed by the Court shall have authority to remove such records as may be necessary for the purposes of their appointment, and they shall return the same within three (3) months unless the Court authorizes their longer retention.(f) None other than those named in (e) shall be permitted to remove the papers from the Office of the Prothonotary or Domestic Relations Section without a written Order of Court. It shall be the duty of the Prothonotary and the Chief of the Domestic Relations Section to insure full compliance with this rule.(g) The record papers may be examined and copied by any other party in interest only in the office of the Prothonotary or Domestic Relations Section. However, the original transcript of testimony may not be photocopied.(h) The Prothonotary shall keep and maintain the following dockets: (3) Federal Tax Lien Docket(4) Secured Transaction Docket(5) Fictitious Names DocketAmended effective 3/1/2021; revised 2/23/2022; amended effective 2/1/2024.