Montgomery County, PA

Procedures: Civil Action

Complaint:

File the complaint with notice to defend, civil cover sheet & verification. The fee is $219.50.

Summons:

File a Praecipe and a writ. The fee is $219.50. To obtain our form, send a request and a self-addressed, stamped envelope, or you may download the form from our FORMS LIBRARY.

Petition:

File the petition with an order and a moving party cover sheet. File an original and a copy. The fee is $219.00 Petition to open and strike a judgment, by defendant:

File the petition, using the common pleas docket number of the judgment, an order and a moving party cover sheet. The fee is $219.00. No fee to strike a judgment non-pros.

Name change:

File a petition, order for a hearing, order for publication and a decree. Effective August 17, 1998, ALL petitions for name change must be accompanied by a fingerprint card of the party filing for anyone over 12 years or older. Cards may be obtained at the Police Departments; not our office.

You must publish in the Montgomery County Law Reporter and the newspaper of largest circulation where the petitioner lives. Must be a resident of Montgomery County for 5 years; otherwise you must provide a search from all counties in which you have lived.

Proof of publication may be filed, after publishing or taken to the hearing. File an original and a copy. The fee is $110.00.

Miscellaneous Filing:

Motions, preliminary objections, answers, entries/withdrawals of appearance, and demands for a jury trial do not require a fee.

An order to settle, discontinue and end or an order to satisfy a judgment is $7.50 if the case was filed in 1992 or before. There will not be any fee for satisfactions of judgments or orders to settle discontinue and end filed in 1993, 1994, or later. All orders to vacate or strike are $7.50.

Petition for issuance of a subpoena from another county:

File the petition, order and certification of addresses. File an original and a copy. The fee is $35; include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Include documentation showing a case exists elsewhere. The subpoenas are $3.00 each. Specify whether you require a subpoena for an individual to testify, or for production of documents. Must be filed by a member of the Pennsylvania Bar.

Surety Agreement for insurance:

File the agreement and a copy of the financial statement. The fee is $35.00. Include a copy and a self-addressed, stamped envelope for the docket number to be returned.

Transfer of foreign order:

File a certified copy of the order with a certification of addresses. The fee is $35.00. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope.

School Audit:

File signed audit. The fee is $35.00; include copy of first page and a self-addressed, stamped envelope for your receipt and file number.