42 Pa.C.S. § 1303: Signatures and dockets.

Facsimile signatures of traffic court judges may be used for all purposes in lieu of their original signatures, except on affidavits for warrants of arrest and on the docket of the traffic court. Traffic court dockets shall contain a record of the disposition of every case and where a fine and costs are imposed shall record the amount of said fine and the amount of costs. The docket shall in all cases, where a summons has been issued, as to each case, be signed by the judge making the disposition or in his name by the clerk of the traffic court.