Rule 400 – Person to Make Service

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c) and in Rules 400.1 and 1930.4, original process shall be served within the Commonwealth only by the sheriff.(b) In addition to service by the sheriff, original process may be served also by a competent adult in the...

Rule 249 – Authority of Individual Judge

(a) Except where the court is required to act en banc, a judge may perform any function of the court, including the entry of interlocutory or ex parte orders and other matters in the nature thereof.(b) A judge may perform a function of the court, other than trying an...