Financial Disclosure

Statement of Financial Interest for Judicial Officers

Click here to access the sign in page for filing your Online Statement of Financial Interest. You must have a PA Courts Online Services account in order to file your Statement online. To obtain an Online Services account, contact the JAAS Help Desk. The court order regarding financial disclosure and reporting requirements for judicial officers can be found here.

For those judicial officers who prefer to file a paper form instead of the online form, click here to access a "pdf" form that can be filled out and printed but must then be signed and submitted to the AOPC's Judicial Services unit via traditional mail. Instructions are included.

NOTE: This PDF version of the form does NOT pre-populate the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a source of income on 9B.

Codes of Conduct:
Code of Judicial Conduct
Rules Governing Standards of Conduct of Magisterial District Judges

Technical FAQ

Instructions and navigation tips for completing the Statement of Financial Interest Form
Why haven’t I received an enrollment email?
Why am I getting a message saying that my password is invalid?
How do I Copy and Paste my system generated password?
What are the password requirements for my new password?
How do I change my online services email address?
Can I send an attachment with my Statement of Financial Interest?
Is there a limit to the number of entries for Direct or Indirect Sources of Income?
Why doesn’t a pop-up window display when I click on the item number on the Instructions page?
How do I sign the online Financial Interest form?
How do I view and print my online form?
Why am I not able to review or view my Financial Interest form?
What do I need to do to amend my submitted form?

As you click the link for each item number, a new "pop-up" window will open on top of the instruction page for you to provide, correct, update, or simply confirm the information requested for that item. If you filed online last year, this year's form will be pre-populated with last year's data. Note: For calendar year 2014 submissions, due to extensive changes to the form, only items 1 - 5 will prepopulate. Work on only one item at a time. Either print a copy of the instructions page using your browser's print button or move the pop-up box, by dragging it by its title bar, so the instructions for that item are visible.
Click the SAVE button to save your entry and to close the pop-up window for that item before moving on to another item. You will need to click SAVE to complete the item even if you made no changes. You will see [ COMPLETE ] beside the number of the item you just completed if it was saved properly.
You can review your statement prior to submitting it by clicking the review link in the last paragraph. This will open the statement full-screen in another window as a report in Adobe Reader PDF format. To get back to the form--which still needs to be submitted--you can close the previewed statement by clicking the X in the top-right corner of the report window, or simply alt-tab back to the form.
After completing all items and reviewing your statement, click the Submit button at the bottom of the form to transmit your statement to AOPC's Judicial Services unit. Your statement can only be submitted after all items are saved and marked as [ COMPLETE ]. If the submission was successful, you will immediately see a confirmation screen and, shortly thereafter, receive a confirmation email from AOPC Auto Services.

Once you have submitted your statement, if you determine that you need to file an amended form, you will need to contact Judicial Services. After your form has been reopened by Judicial Services, remember you will have to save each item in order to submit your amended form.

We must have a valid email address in order to send a Financial Disclosure enrollment email. Please contact the JAAS Help Desk to determine that we have your valid email address and/or to have your enrollment email resent to you. You may also have a SPAM filter that is blocking the enrollment email from AOPC Auto Services. Please reference your email editor’s SPAM policy for allowing acceptance of AOPC Auto Services emails.

The system generated password is case sensitive. Since it is capitalized, you must type in capital letters. We also suggest that you copy it and paste it directly from your email making sure that you don’t include any additional spaces. See below for copy and paste instructions.

Select and highlight the system generated password in your email (making sure that you don’t include any additional spaces) and either select Edit/Copy from your email editor toolbar, or select Copy from your mouse right-click menu. Click in the Password field on the PA Courts Online Services Sign In page and either select Edit/Paste from your internet browser toolbar or select Paste from your mouse right-click menu. The system will prompt you to change the password and you can paste the system generated password in the Current Password field on the Change Password page by again selecting Edit/Paste from your internet browser toolbar or selecting Paste from your mouse right-click menu.

Your password must be at least 8 characters and include at least one character that is a letter and at least one character that is a number. Special characters can be included within the password but are not required. The password is case sensitive.

Your online services email address may be changed through the PA Courts Online Services web site, or by contacting the JAAS Help Desk. To change your email address through PA Courts Online Services, log in with your current email address and password. Click the link that says "Change Your Online Services Email Address." Enter the new email address and click Submit. You will see the following message: "Your Online Services email address has been saved successfully." When a change is made to your Online Services Email Address, an email confirming the change will be sent to your new email address.

Currently, you cannot send an attachment with your online Statement of Financial Interest. You can, however mail the attachment to Judicial Services to be filed. See contact information for Judicial Services.

No, there isn’t a limit to the number of entries that the online form will accept. The online form expands to accept the entries.

Clicking on an item number on the Instructions page should cause a pop-up window to “pop-up” in front of all other open windows. When you click on an item number and nothing seems to happen, you can usually find the pop-up window behind the active window. Minimize the active window by clicking on the Minimize button on the right-hand side of the Title bar or by clicking on the representation of the active window in your task bar. Alternatively, you could alt-tab to the pop-up window by holding down the Alt key on your keyboard and pressing the Tab key one tap at a time until you get to the correct window. You can prevent the pop-up window from opening behind the active window by closing each pop-up window you view before clicking on the next item number.

Your online submission of your Financial Interest form serves as your signature. Your name and current date list on the completed form that is electronically transmitted to Judicial Services. The Supreme Court Order that includes the provisions for electronic filing of statements of Financial Interest can be found here.

Sign into PA Courts Online Services. On the Home page, click on the Statements of Financial Interest button. To view your submitted statement, click the appropriate filing year from the View Prior Statements listing. Your submitted form displays within Adobe Reader. To print the form, click the Print Icon within the Adobe toolbar. The Printer Dialog window appears. Select the printer and click OK. Your Statement of Financial Interest prints to the selected printer. You can sign in and view and/or print your prior statement at any time after filing.

You must have Adobe Reader installed in order to review or view your Online Financial Interest form. You can install or upgrade to the newest version of Adobe at http://www.adobe.com by clicking the Get Adobe Reader button. If you have Adobe Reader installed, and are still unable to view your Online Financial Interest form, your browser may have blocked the pop-up window in which it opens. Please reference your web browser’s help for directions regarding how to allow this web site to open pop-up windows.

If you need to add, remove, or change information on your Statement of Financial Interest after you have submitted the form, contact the Judicial Services Unit. They will "re-open" your form, which will enable you to complete the form online again. As you click on each item in Part A and Part B on the Instructions form, you will notice that all of your previously entered information is still there, and you will be able to add, edit and update, or remove entries as needed. The important thing to remember is that you must click the Save button in each pop-up window again, even for those items that require no change. The submit button will only be activated after every item once again has [ COMPLETE ] beside it.