The following practices are specifically prohibited:

1. (a) The use of depositions or interrogatories for discovery or use at a hearing.
2. (b) Adding parties after the complaint is filed, except as provided by Pa.R.Civ.P.M.D.J. 513.1.
3. (c) Attachment proceedings previous to judgment.

4. (d) Entry of a judgment by warrant of attorney or by confession of judgment.

   Comment:

   In keeping with the policy of making the procedures in actions before magisterial district judges as simple and nontechnical as possible and in view of the time limitations imposed elsewhere in these rules, it was thought desirable to prohibit specifically the practices mentioned in the four subdivisions of this rule. See also Pa.R.Civ.P.M.D.J. 204 and 381.

   Pa.R.Civ.P.M.D.J. 513.1 permits an individual to file an intervention request in a landlord-tenant action.

Source

The provisions of this Rule 210 renumbered from Rule 325 adopted April 5, 2002, effective January 1, 2003, 32 Pa.B. 2199; amended April 25, 2024, effective January 1, 2025, 54 Pa.B. 2482. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (404418).