Rule 710 - Duty Judges, Bench Warrants(A) A judge shall be available twenty-four hours a day, each day of the year, for the purpose of considering judicial matters pursuant to law, court order or rule of procedure.(B) The District Court Administrator shall maintain a list of "duty" judges which shall be updated from time to time and circulated among the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of York County. The District Court Administrator shall assign such hearings and matters to the appropriate judge from that list if the judge assigned to a matter is not available.(C) Judges who are "on duty" for the designated time period shall insure their availability or the availability of another common pleas judge, during normal Court business hours, for the purpose of conducting hearings and for addressing other matters which may need the attention of the Court and for which the judge who would ordinarily be assigned to a matter may not be available.(D) Individuals arrested on bench warrants of any kind issued by a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas shall promptly, and in any event, within 72 hours of their apprehension or by the close of the next business day, if the 72 hours expires on a nonbusiness day, be brought before the Judge who issued the bench warrant, who shall conduct such hearing and take such action with regard to the bench warrant as the law requires. (1) In the event that an individual has been arrested on more than one bench warrant issued by different judges of the court of common pleas, the individual may be taken before any judge who issued a warrant, who shall conduct a hearing on all the bench warrants pursuant to which the individual was arrested.(2) In the event that the judge or judges who issued a bench warrant are unavailable to conduct a hearing within the time limits set forth in applicable rules and law, then the hearing shall be conducted by the designated "duty" judge.(3) At the conclusion of the bench warrant hearing following the disposition of the matter, the judge immediately shall dispose of the status of the bench warrant, using an appropriate order.Amended effective through 4/1/2024.