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Administrative Orders

Administrative Orders

DISCLAIMER: Copies of Administrative Orders provided on this website are for reference only. Copies of executed Administrative Orders are available for examination at the Adams County Prothonotary Office, located at 117 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325. 

Vision and Mission
46 of 2008

Access to Court Offices
5 of 2018

ADA Policy
40 of 2014

Administrative Orders
58 of 2013
72 of 2013
4 of 2014
12 of 2015
6 of 2016
5 of 2017
1 of 2018
7 of 2019
16 of 2019
2 of 2021
2A of 2021

Administrative and Supervisory Orders
22 of 2015

Adoption
58 of 2009
20 of 2011
16 of 2014
7 of 2018

Appointments: Judicial
11 of 2010
22 of 2010
57 of 2014
59 of 2014
1 of 2017

Appointments: Non-Judicial
24 of 1997
19A of 2005
1 of 2020
1 of 2021

Bail Collection
7 of 2005

Central Court
12 of 2019

Clerk of Courts
35 of 2004
8 of 2009
26 of 2009
12 of 2011
57 of 2011
9 of 2012

Clerk of Courts: Correcting Captions
15 of 2017

Clerk of Courts: Files and Criminal Exhibits
2 of 2020

Clerk of Courts: PACFile
5 of 2020

Constables
24 of 2015
4 of 2017

Coroner Records
16 of 2018

Court Appointments & Compensation
3 of 2021

Court Appointments: Dependency Counsel
4 of 2019

Courthouse Security Board
4 of 1995
13 of 1996
14 of 2015

COVID-19 Related
4 of 2020

Criminal Justice Advisory Board
28 of 2007

Custody Conciliator
1 of 2019
1B of 2019

Department of Probation Services: Oath of Office
22 of 2011

Department of Probation Services:
Re- entry/Work Release

39 of 2002
33 of 2007

Department of Probation Services:
Probation Supervision

8 of 2017
8A of 2017

Divorce Master Hearings
11 of 2019

Domestic Relations Section:
Filing and Record Keeping

45 of 2014
7 of 2015
14 of 2018

Fees and Costs/Financials:
Children and Youth Services

51 of 2013
6 of 2018

Fees and Costs/Financials:
Clerk of Courts

34 of 2013
35 of 2013
1 of 2014
2 of 2014
9 of 2020

Fees and Costs/Financials:
Court Accounts

37 of 2013
16 of 2017

Fees and Costs/Financials:
Domestic Relations Section

52 of 2014
3 of 2020

Fees and Costs/Financials: 
Guardianship

18 of 2022

Fees and Costs/Financials:
Juvenile Court (Delinquency)

36 of 2013

Fees and Costs/Financials:
Orphans’ Court

10 of 2020
21 of 2022

Fees and Costs/Financials: Prothonotary
79 of 2013
8 of 2019

Fees and Costs/Financials:
Register of Wills

36 of 2010
44 of 2013

Fees and Costs/Financials: Miscellaneous
MC-47-1987
15 of 2009
51 of 2010
10 of 2012

File Management
48 of 2011

Hiring Team Protocol
12 of 2017

Jury Records
27 of 2015

Local Rules: Civil Procedure
14 of 2019
20 of 2022

Local Rules: Criminal Procedure
6 of 2020
7 of 2020
8 of 2020
8A of 2020

Local Rules: Judicial Administration
13 of 2019
17 of 2019
5 of 2021
19 of 2022

Magisterial District Courts
54 of 2009
19 of 2013
28 of 2013

Orphans’ Court: Fees
18 of 2022

Prisoners Transported for Hearings
4 of 2018

Programs: Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition Program
2 of 2022

Programs: Addiction Diversionary Program
29 of 2013
6 of 2021

Programs: Community Service Program
1 of 2022 

Programs: DUI Educational Program
27 of 2013
31 of 2013

Programs: Intermediate Punishment Program
2 of 2016

Programs: Sexting Diversionary Program
9 of 2015

Programs: Youthful Offenders Program
3 of 2019

Protection From Abuse: Emergency Hearings
10 of 2019

Prothonotary: Civil Trial Exhibits
5 of 2010

Right-to-Know Officer for Courts
15 of 2019

Video Conferencing
33 of 2011

Video Conferencing: Civil Proceedings
6 of 2015