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Rule 11 - Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions (a) SIGNATURE. Every pleading, written motion, and other paper must be signed by at least one attorney of record in the attorney's name-or by a party personally if the party is unrepresented.

(1) Individuals may be represented by themselves, by an attorney at law, or by a representative with personal knowledge of the subject matter of the litigation and written authorization from the individual to appear as the individual's representative.

Rule 587 - Motion for Dismissal (a)Untimely Filing of Information. (1) Upon motion and a showing that an information has not been filed within a reasonable time, the court may order dismissal of the prosecution, or in lieu thereof, make such other order as shall be appropriate in the interests of justice.

Magisterial District Court is the first level of judicial authority in Pennsylvania and is the court where most people experience the judicial system for the first time. Magisterial District Judges handle all traffic cases, minor criminal cases, and civil cases involving amounts up to $12,000.

76. Party shall mean a litigant's attorney of record or unrepresented litigant. Plaintiff or Defendant shall mean a party's attorney of record or the party where the litigant is unrepresented.

It provides that if the filing of a motion or application is in bad faith or for the purpose of delay, the court may impose on the party making the motion reasonable costs, including attorney's fees, incurred by the opposing party by reason of such delay or bad faith.

Rule 4005 requires the inquiring party to leave sufficient space after each interrogatory for insertion of the answer. The original and two copies are served upon the answering party. The original is not filed until the answers have been inserted and the document signed and verified as provided by Rule 4006.

Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 4019(a)(1)(i) provides that “[t]he court may, on motion, make an appropriate order if a party fails to serve answers, sufficient answers, or objections to written interrogatories.”