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Rule 547 – Return of Transcript and Original Papers

May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania

(A) When a defendant is held for court, or after the issuing authority receives notice that the case will be presented to the indicting grand jury and closes out the case, the issuing authority shall prepare a transcript of the proceedings. The transcript shall contain all the information required by these rules to be recorded on the transcript. It shall be signed by the issuing authority, and have affixed to it the issuing authority’s seal of office.
(B) The issuing authority shall transmit the transcript to the clerk of the proper court within 5 days after holding the defendant for court or after closing out the case upon receipt of the notice that the case will be presented to the indicting grand jury.
(C) In addition to this transcript the issuing authority also shall transmit the following items:

(1) the original complaint;
(2) the summons or the warrant of arrest and its return;
(3) all affidavits filed in the proceeding;
(4) the appearance or bail bond for the defendant, if any, or a copy of the order committing the defendant to custody;
(5) a request for the court of common pleas to issue a bench warrant as required in Rule 543(D)(3)(b);
(6) notice informing the court of common pleas that the defendant has failed to comply with the fingerprint order as required in Rule 543(D)(3)(b)(ii); and
(7) a copy of the notice that the case will be presented to the indicting grand jury.

234 Pa. Code ยง 547

Committee Explanatory Reports:

Final Report explaining the March 1, 2000 reorganization and renumbering of the rules published with the Court’s Order at 30 Pa.B. 1478 (March 18, 2000) .

Final Report explaining the August 24, 2004 changes published with the Court’s Order at 34 Pa.B. 5025 (September 11, 2004) .

Final Report explaining the May 1, 2007 amendments concerning the request for a bench warrant published with the Court’s Order at 37 Pa.B. 2503 (June 2, 2007) .

Final Report explaining the July 10, 2008 amendments to paragraph (C) (6) concerning the fingerprint order published at 38 Pa.B. 3975 (July 26, 2008) .

Final Report explaining June 21, 2012 amendments to paragraph (A) and adding paragraph (C) (7) concerning indicting grand juries published with the Court’s Order at 42 Pa.B. 4153 (July 7, 2012) .

Final Report explaining the December 23, 2013 Comment revisions concerning sealed arrest warrant documents published with the Court’s Order at 44 Pa.B. 243 (January 11, 2014) .