PART A. VENUE

1. (a) Generally. A delinquency proceeding shall be commenced in:

   1. (1) the county in which the delinquent act was allegedly committed; or
   2. (2) the juvenile’s county of residence.
2. (b) Change of Venue. The juvenile may file a motion for change of venue if there is substantial prejudice to the juvenile. The court shall decide the motion and, if granted, specify an effective date for the change of venue.

3. (c) Transmission of All Records. If there is a change of venue pursuant to subdivision (b), within five days of the date for the change of venue:

   1. (1) the transferring county’s clerk of courts shall inform the receiving county’s clerk of courts of the manner in which certified copies of all documents, reports, and summaries in the juvenile’s official court record will be transferred;
   2. (2) the transferring county’s clerk of courts shall transfer certified copies of all documents, reports, and summaries in the juvenile’s official court record to the receiving county’s clerk of courts;
   3. (3) the juvenile probation office of the transferring court shall transfer its juvenile probation files to the juvenile probation office where venue has been transferred;
   4. (4) the receiving county’s clerk of courts shall notify its juvenile probation office and the transferring county’s clerk of courts of its receipt of the official court records; and
   5. (5) the receiving juvenile probation office shall schedule the next court proceeding in accordance with the time requirements of these rules.
4. (d) Next Court Proceeding. The time requirements of these rules for the next court proceeding shall be calculated from the effective date for the change in venue.

Source

The provisions of this Rule 300 amended December 24, 2009, effective immediately, 40 Pa.B. 222; amended May 21, 2012, effective August 1, 2012, 42 Pa.B. 3203; amended February 18, 2026, effective July 1, 2026, 56 Pa.B. 1108. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (363624) and (361565).