Rule 2349.Effective date; pending actions.

Adopted June 7, 1940 · Not amended since adoption · Last verified June 30, 2026

In one sentenceRule 2349 applies the intervention chapter to actions pending when it took effect in February 1941; the rule’s text gives the fifth of February, while the adoption line printed with it gives February 3.

Full Text of Rule 2349

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These rules shall become effective on the fifth day of February, 1941, and shall apply to actions pending at that time. Adopted June 7, 1940. Eff. Feb. 3, 1941.

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Plain-English Summary

This transitional rule dates the intervention chapter and brings pending cases under it. By its words, the rules became effective on the fifth day of February, 1941, and apply to actions pending at that time. A person could therefore seek to intervene under the chapter in a case already underway on the effective date.

The printed dates differ. The adoption line printed with the rule reads “Adopted June 7, 1940. Eff. Feb. 3, 1941,” and the histories and notes of Rules 2326 through 2330, 2348 and 2350 give an effective date of February 3, 1941. The joinder chapter, adopted the same day, took effect February 5, 1941 under Rule 2249, and unlike this chapter it does not reach pending actions.

Frequently Asked Questions

What date does this rule set?

February 5, 1941, with application to actions pending at that time.

When was Rule 2349 adopted?

June 7, 1940, according to the line printed with the rule.

Source & verification. Rule text, the Official Note, and the amendment history are reproduced verbatim from the Pennsylvania Code, Title 231, the official compilation of rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. This rule has not been amended since its adoption. Last verified June 30, 2026. · Official text

Also known as: intervention effective date 1941pending actions February 1941