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# Roy A. Manwaring

Pennsylvania Magisterial District Court 03-2-01 · Magisterial District Judge

## Profile

- Court: Pennsylvania Magisterial District Court 03-2-01
- State: Pennsylvania
- Role: Magisterial District Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### recording photography evidence presentation

Scope: statewide

For Pennsylvania Common Pleas proceedings, statewide Pa.R.J.A. 1910 prohibits courtroom broadcasting, recording, and photography unless an exception or judicial authorization applies; the rule also recognizes judge-authorized electronic or photographic means for evidence presentation.

Evidence excerpt: the use of electronic or photographic means for the presentation of evidence

[201 Pa. Code Chapter 19, Rule 1910, Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F201%2Fchapter19%2Fchap19toc.html)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/minor-courts/magisterial-district-judges)
- [Official roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/minor-courts/magisterial-district-judges)
- [Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania official judicial roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/minor-courts/magisterial-district-judges)
- [201 Pa. Code Chapter 19, Rule 1910, Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F201%2Fchapter19%2Fchap19toc.html)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Election History Won the 2015 general election for Magisterial District Judge
- Roy A. Manwaring II serves as the Magisterial District Judge (MDJ) for District 03‐2‐01 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
- Roy A. Manwaring II continues to serve as the presiding judge for Magisterial District Court 03‐2‐01 in Northampton County
- Roy A. Manwaring II is a Magisterial District Judge for Northampton County Magisterial District Court 03‐2‐01 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, serving Wards 6, 7, 8, and 9, with his court located at 402 East Broad Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

### Education


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