Rule 3001. Definition.

 As used in this chapter

   ‘‘judgment’’ means a judgment or order requiring the payment of money or adjudicating the right to possession in an action of replevin, including a final or interlocutory order for the payment of costs entered in any court which is subject to these rules, either originally or upon transcript or certification from another court within the same county.

 (a)  A judgment may be transferred to another county by filing of record a certified copy of all the docket entries in the action and a certification of the amount of the judgment.

 (b)  The prothonotary of the court to which a judgment is transferred shall forthwith enter it in the appropriate docket and in the judgment index against the defendant.

 (c)  Any party in interest may at any time file with the court to which a judgment has been transferred a certified copy of all or any part of any of the record, testimony or exhibits in the original action.

 When a judgment is transferred to another county, execution and revival of the judgment may be had in the transferee county, except that no execution may issue in the transferee county directed to the sheriff of another county.

   Official Note

   Official Note

   The Act of 1945 prescribing venue of a petition to open a confessed judgment and preserved by this rule has been repealed. See Rule 2959(a)(1).

   Official Note

   Former Rule 3011 preserved an Act of Assembly which was subsequently repealed.

 As used in this chapter, ‘‘judgment’’ means a judgment, order or decree requiring the payment of money entered in any court which is subject to these rules, including a final or interlocutory order for payment of costs, except a judgment against the Commonwealth or a political subdivision.

   Official Note

   Political subdivision includes a municipal or other local authority. See Definition Rule 76.

 (a)  The prothonotary shall immediately enter in the judgment index

   (1)  a verdict or order for a specific sum of money with the notation ‘‘verdict’’ or ‘‘order.’’ The entry shall state the amount of the verdict or order;

   Official Notice

   See also Rule 3027(a) governing the entry by the prothonotary of a writ of revival.

   (2)  an order for equitable relief, interlocutory or final; and

   (3)  a judgment, whether entered by the court, on order of court or on praecipe of a party. The entry shall state the amount of the judgment if for a sum certain.

   Official Note

   Section 8142(e) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8142(e), requires the prothonotary to ‘‘note on the dockets in such office where each verdict, judgment, order, instrument or writ creating a lien against real property is entered, the time it was recorded, rendered, left for filing, or issued.’’
 The rule presumes a channel of communication between the court and prothonotary so that the prothonotary may ‘‘immediately’’ docket a judgment entered by the court.

 (b)  In all cases, the entry in the judgment index shall state the names of the parties, the number of the case, and the date and time of entry in the judgment index.

 (a)  A verdict or order for a specific sum of money when entered in the judgment index shall create a lien on real property located within the county, title to which at the time of entry is recorded in the name of the person against whom the verdict or order was rendered. The lien shall continue for five years unless the verdict is sooner reduced to judgment or the court sooner awards a new trial or enters a judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

   Official Note

   An order is defined by Section 102 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §  102, to include, inter alia, a decision, a decree and an adjudication.

   Section 8142(b) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8142(b), provides for the endorsement of time on recorded verdicts.
 ‘‘Overdue support obligations of this or any other state which are on record at the county domestic relations section shall constitute a lien by operation of law against all real property owned by the obligor within the county as provided in subsection (d.1).’’ See Section 4352(d) of the Domestic Relations Code, 23 Pa.C.S. §  4352(d).

 (b)(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), the lien of a verdict or order for a specific sum of money shall have the priority prescribed by Section 8141 of the Judicial Code from the time the verdict or order is entered in the judgment index.

   (2)  Paragraph (1) shall not affect the priority of the lien of a verdict or order for a specific sum of money created prior to the effective date of this rule.

   Official Note

   The effective date of this rule was July 1, 2004.
 For the priority of the lien of a verdict or order governed by subdivision (b)(2), see Section 8141 of the Judicial Code.

   (3)  Section 8141(3) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8141(3), is suspended in accordance with Article V, Section 10(c) of the Constitution of 1968 and Section 1722(b) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §  1722(b), insofar as it is inconsistent with this rule.

   Official Note

   Section 8141(3) of the Judicial Code provides that the lien of a verdict for a specific sum of money shall have priority from the time it is recorded by the court.

 (a)  Except as provided by subdivision (b), a judgment when entered in the judgment index shall create a lien on real property located in the county, title to which at the time of entry is recorded in the name of the person against whom the judgment is entered.

   Official Note

   See Rule 3001 et seq. for the transfer of a judgment to another county.
 See Rule 3027 for the lien of the writ of revival or of the agreement to revive and Rule 3031.1 for the lien of a judgment of revival.

 (b)  A judgment upon a verdict or an order, when entered in the judgment index, shall

   (1)  continue the lien upon real property located in the county which is subject to the lien of the verdict or order upon which the judgment is entered, and

   Official Note

   The lien of a verdict or order dates from the time the verdict or order is entered in the judgment index. See Rule 3022(a).

   (2)  create a lien upon all other real property located in the county, title to which at the time of entry in the judgment index is recorded in the name of the person against whom the judgment is entered.

 (c)  The lien shall continue for five years from the date the judgment was entered in the judgment index unless the judgment is sooner discharged or the lien is sooner revived.

   Official Note

   A judgment lien may be revived in the manner provided by Rule 3025 et seq.

   The provisions of this Rule 3023 adopted December 19, 2003, effective July 1, 2004, 34 Pa.B. 22; amended November 2, 2007, effective January 1, 2008, 37 Pa.B. 6201. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (307570) and (302563).

Subchapter B. REVIVAL OF JUDGMENT LIENS

Rule

Rule 3025. Commencement of proceedings. Venue.

 A proceeding to revive which continues or creates the lien of a judgment may be commenced by filing with the prothonotary of the county in which the judgment has been entered

   (1)  a praecipe for a writ of revival substantially the form provided by Rule 3032, or

   (2)  an agreement to revive substantially the form provided by Rule 3034.

   Official Note

    Section 5526(1) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §  5526(1), requires that an action for revival of a judgment lien on real property must be commenced within five years. See also Section 605 of the Goods and Services Installment Sales Act, 69 P. S. §  1605(b), requiring that a proceeding for revival of a judgment lien subject to the Act and entered by confession be commenced within one year from the lapse of the lien.

   The revival of a judgment lien pursuant to the Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien Act is governed by these rules. See 68 P. S. §  1062.

   A lien arising from an overdue support obligation retains its priority ‘‘without renewal or revival.’’ See Section 4352(d.1)(5)(ii) of the Domestic Relations Code, 23 Pa.C.S. §  4352(d.1)(5)(ii).

   The following statutes provide for revival or continuation of liens by filing with the prothonotary a suggestion of nonpayment and an averment of default:

   Section 9 of the Act of May 16, 1923, P. L. 207, as amended, 53 P. S. §  7143 relating to municipal claims for taxes, water rents or rates, lighting rates, power rates and sewer rates.

   Section 15 of the Act of May 16, 1923, P. L. 207, as amended, 53 P. S. §  7183, providing for continuation of liens on municipal and tax claims;

   Section 1404 of the Act of April 9, 1929, P. L. 343, as amended, 72 P. S. §  1404, providing for revival of liens for state taxes, unpaid bonus, interest and penalties;

   See also statutory provisions relating to revival of municipal claims and liens, 53 P. S. §  7391 et seq.

   Tax liens required to be filed by the Department of Revenue continue without the necessity of revival. See the Act of April 9, 1929, P. L. 343, No. 176, §  1404.1, added by Section 5 of the Act of December 12, 1994, P. L. 1015, No. 138, 72 P. S. §  1404.1.

 (a)  A judgment creditor who holds two or more judgments entered against the same person in the same county may consolidate the judgments by filing

   (1)  a single praecipe requesting the issuance of a single consolidated writ of revival, or

   (2)  an agreement to enter a consolidated judgment and revive the lien thereof.

 (b)  The praecipe or the agreement shall contain the court, docket number and amount claimed to be due on each judgment being consolidated.

 (c)  The consolidated judgment shall be entered as of the docket number of one of the judgments being consolidated and shall include the amounts due on all the consolidated judgments.

 (d)  The court and docket number of the consolidated judgment shall be noted on the docket of each original judgment substantially as follows: ‘‘Consolidated as part of the consolidated judgment entered at Docket No.

   Official Note

   Consolidation does not affect the lien priority of each judgment consolidated.

 (a)  The caption shall contain the name of the original defendant and any terre-tenant against whom the plaintiff seeks to revive the lien of the judgment.

   Official Note

   The terms ‘‘plaintiff’’ and ‘‘defendant’’ as used in the rules governing judgment liens and revival of judgments refer generally to the judgment creditor and judgment debtor, respectively. Thus, a defendant who holds a judgment against the plaintiff on a counterclaim would be a plaintiff for the purpose of these rules. See also Definition Rule 3101(a).

 (b)  If the judgment has been assigned or transferred, the caption shall contain the name of the original judgment plaintiff and the name of the real party in interest.

   Official Note

   See Rule 3026.2 governing terre-tenants as parties and Rule 3026.3 governing revival against a terre-tenant.

   As to joinder of personal representatives of a deceased defendant, see Section 3382 of the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code, 20 Pa.C.S. §  3382.

 (a)  Except as provided by subdivision (b), if there is a judgment against two or more joint defendants, no revival of the lien of the judgment shall be effective against any of such defendants unless all joint defendants are made parties to the revival proceedings.

 (b)  If all or fewer than all joint defendants agree to be bound, the revival shall be effective against all of the defendants so agreeing.

   Official Note

   This rule does not apply where defendants are jointly and severally liable or severally liable only.

 (a)  As used in Rule 3025 et seq., a terre-tenant is a person other than the original defendant in whom title to real property subject to a lien provided by the Rules of Civil Procedure has vested.

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   The rules governing the action of mortgage foreclosure use the term ‘‘real owner’’ in a similar sense. See Rule 1144(a)(3).

   See the following rules of civil procedure providing for liens upon real property: Rule 3022 (lien of a verdict or order), Rule 3023 (lien of a judgment), Rule 3027 (lien of a writ of revival or an agreement to revive), Rule 3131.1 (lien of a judgment of revival) and Rule 3104 (lien of a writ of execution).

 (b)  The term ‘‘terre-tenant’’ shall not include

   (1)  any person claiming under or whose claim of title passes through a deed which is not recorded in the county where the real property is located, or

   (2)  any person claiming under or through a deceased defendant or terre-tenant whose will has not been filed with, or letters of administration on whose estate have not been issued by, the register of wills or orphans’ court of such county.

 (c)  Any person claiming under or through a deceased defendant or a deceased terre-tenant, who was not a resident of the county at the time of death, may qualify as a terre-tenant under this rule by recording in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county where the real property is located,

   (1)  a certified copy of the will of the decedent, or,

   (2)  if the decedent died intestate, a declaration of interest accompanied by a certificate of the register of wills or probate court or officer of the county, state or country in which the decedent resided at the time of death that letters of administration have been issued in the estate of the decedent.

 (a)  Except as provided by subdivision (b), if an interest in real property subject to a lien of a judgment has been acquired by a terre-tenant, then the lien of the judgment on the property shall be revived only if the terre-tenant within the five-year period of Rule 3023(c) or Rule 3031.1(a) joins in an agreement to revive or is made a party to the writ of revival.

   Official Note

   The revival of a judgment lien continues or creates a lien upon real property. See Rule 3025.

 (b)  If a writ of revival or an agreement to revive is entered in the judgment index against the defendant at a time when a terre-tenant’s deed or other evidence of title is of record, but without the joinder of the terre-tenant, the lien of the judgment may be revived as to the terre-tenant within five years after the recording of the terre-tenant’s deed or other evidence of title by (1) agreement between the plaintiff and the terre-tenant alone or between the plaintiff, defendant and terre-tenant, or (2) a writ of revival issued against the terre-tenant alone, or against the defendant and terre-tenant jointly. The lien shall continue as to the terre-tenant for the same period as it continues against the defendant, when it must be revived against both parties.

   Official Note

   The mere recording of a terre-tenant’s deed or other evidence of title is ineffective to revive a lien as to any part of the property acquired by a terre-tenant without specific revival by agreement or by writ.
 For the effect of a judgment of revival against a terre-tenant, see Rules 3027(b)(3) and 3031.1(b).

 (a)  Upon issuance of the writ of revival or the filing of an agreement to revive, the prothonotary shall enter it in the judgment index against each defendant and terre tenant named therein.

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   Adopted October 1, 1964, effective April 1, 1965.

 (b)  The writ or agreement, when entered in the judgment index shall

   (1) continue the lien upon real property located in the county which is subject to the lien of the judgment which is sought to be revived,

   (2) create a lien upon all other real property located in the county, title to which at the time of entry in the judgment index is recorded in the name of the defendant, and

   Official Note

   The lien attaches whether or not the real property was owned by the defendant at the time the original judgment was entered in the judgment index or the lien of the judgment was previously revived and whether or not the lien of the judgment had been lost as to the property.
 The priority of the lien is preserved only if the praecipe or the agreement is filed within the five-year period prescribed by these rules.

   (3) create a lien upon all other real property located in the county, title to which at the time of entry in the judgment index is recorded in the name of a terre-tenant, and which was subject to the lien of the judgment sought to be revived but the lien lapsed prior to the entry of the writ or agreement in the judgment index.

 (c)  The lien of a writ of revival or of an agreement to revive shall continue for a period of five years from the date on which the writ or agreement was entered in the judgment index.

 (a)  The writ shall be served within ninety days after its issuance by the sheriff by handing a copy in the manner provided by Rule 402 or by mailing a copy in the manner provided by Rule 403.

 (b)  If service cannot be made as provided by subdivision (a), then service may be made

   (1)  in the manner prescribed by order of court pursuant to Rule 430(a), or

   Official Note

   For example, where the Postal Service shows a good address and mail service under subdivision (a) is returned unclaimed, the court pursuant to Rule 430 may permit service by regular mail.

   (2)  by publication in the manner prescribed by Rule 430(b) upon the filing of an affidavit showing reasonable efforts to make service pursuant to subdivision (a) and the reasons why such service could not be made.

   Official Note

   A special order of court under Rule 430(a) is not a prerequisite to service by publication under this rule.

 The writ may be reissued or substituted as in a civil action.

   Official Note

   See Rule 401(b) governing reissuance and substitution of a writ of summons.

 (a)  The writ shall be the equivalent of a complaint in a civil action. The rules relating to a civil action so far as applicable shall govern further proceedings. No counterclaim may be asserted.

 (b)  Except as provided by subdivision (c), the lien of the writ shall continue during the further proceedings.

 (c)  If judgment cannot be entered on the writ within a period of five years after the entry of the writ in the judgment index because of the further proceedings, the court before which the further proceedings are pending may enter an order continuing the lien of the writ for a period not exceeding five years. The order shall become effective when entered in the judgment index.

 (a)  The prothonotary, on praecipe of the plaintiff, shall enter judgment against a defendant or terre tenant for failure within the required time to plead to the writ or for any relief admitted to be due by the defendant’s or terre tenant’s pleading. The prothonotary shall assess damages as directed in the praecipe for judgment.

   Official Note

   See the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. §  520 requiring an affidavit setting forth facts showing that the defendant is not in military service as a prerequisite to the entry of a default judgment.

   See Rule 237.1 et seq. which requires a ten-day notice as a prerequisite to the entry of a default judgment.

 (b)  In all cases the court, on motion of a party, may enter an appropriate judgment against a party upon default or admission.

 (a)  A judgment of revival when entered in the judgment index shall continue or create a lien as provided by Rule 3027(b) governing the lien of a writ of revival. The lien shall continue for five years from the date the judgment was entered in the judgment index unless the judgment is sooner discharged or the lien is sooner revived.

 (b)  If an interest in real property subject to the lien of a judgment has been acquired by a terre-tenant, a judgment of revival entered against the terre-tenant shall not be a personal judgment against the terre-tenant and shall not extend to any other property of the terre-tenant.

   The provisions of this Rule 3031.1 adopted December 19, 2003, effective July 1, 2004, 34 Pa.B. 22.

Subchapter C. FORMS

Rule

Rule 3032. Praecipe for Writ of Revival. Form.

 The praecipe for writ of revival shall be substantially in the following form:

(Caption)

 Issue writ of revival of lien of judgment entered at

   Official Note

   For the definition of terre-tenant, see Rule 3026.2.

 The writ of revival shall be substantially in the following form:

[CAPTION]

  (Name of Defendant(s) and Terre- Tenant(s))

   (1) You are notified that the plaintiff has commenced a proceeding to revive the lien of the judgment entered at

   (2) The plaintiff claims that the amount due and unpaid is $

   (3) You are required within twenty (20) days after service of this writ to file an answer or otherwise plead to this writ. If you fail to do so judgment of revival in the amount claimed by the plaintiff may be entered without a hearing and you may lose your property or other important rights.

   YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER.

   IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE.

 Date: 

 By

   Official Note

   For definition of terre tenant, see Rule 3026.2.

 The agreement to revive shall be substantially in the following form:

[Caption]

 The undersigned hereby agree(s) that the lien of the judgment entered on

 Signed and dated

   Official Note

   See Rule 3025.1(b) for additional requirements when there is an agreement to consolidate two or more judgments against the same person and revive the lien thereof.

 The Rules governing the Revival of Judgment Liens shall not be deemed to suspend or affect:

   (1)  Section 9 of the Act of May 16, 1923, P. L. 207, as amended, 53 P. S. §  7143;

   Official Note

   This Section provides for revival of municipal claims for taxes, water rents or rates, lighting rates, power rates and sewer rates.

   (2)  Section 15 of the Act approved May 16, 1923, P. L. 207, as amended, 53 P. S. 7183 insofar as it authorizes revival of municipal claims by suggestion of nonpayment and averment of default;

   (3)  Section 1404 of the Fiscal Code of April 9, 1929, P. L. 343 as amended, 72 P. S. 1404;

   Official Note

   This Section provides for revival of liens for State taxes by the filing of a suggestion of nonpayment and averment of default.

   (4)  Section 1404.1 of the Act of April 9, 1929, P. L. 343, No. 176, added by Section 5 of the Act of December 12, 1994, P. L. 1015, No. 138, 72 P. S. §  1404.1;

   Official Note

    This Section provides that tax liens required to be filed by the Department of Revenue are continued without the necessity of revival.

   (5)  Section 605 of the Act of October 28, 1966, Special Session No. 1, P. L. 55, known as the Goods and Services Installment Sales Act, added by Section 6 of the Act of March 25, 1982, P. L. 199, No. 68, 69 P. S. §  1605;

   Official Note

   This section requires that a proceeding for revival of a judgment entered by confession, which is subject to the Act, be commenced within one year from the lapse of the lien.

   (6) Section 3382 of the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code, 20 Pa.C.S. §  3382;

   Official Note

   Section 3382 provides for the joinder of the personal representative of a decedent as a defendant and for the continuation of the lien on a decedent’s real estate.

   (7) Section 4352(d) and (d.1) of the Domestic Relations Code, 23 Pa.C.S. §  4352(d) and (d.1);

   Official Note

   Section 4352(d) imposes a lien upon real property for overdue support and Section 4352(d.1) provides for the lien to retain its priority without renewal or revival.

   (8) Section 5526(1) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §  5526(1);

   Official Note

   This section requires that an action for revival of a judgment lien must be commenced within five years.

   (9) And all other Acts or parts of Acts authorizing special procedures for the revival of judgment liens in favor of the Commonwealth or political subdivisions.

   Official Note

   The statutory provisions governing revival of judgment liens previously suspended by Rule 3049 have been repealed.

 The practice and procedure provided in the following Acts of Assembly which have been repealed by the Judiciary Act Repealer Act (JARA), Act of April 28, 1978, No. 53, are hereby abolished and shall not continue as part of the common law of the Commonwealth:

   (1)  Sections 1 and 2 of the Act of March 23, 1877, P. L. 34, 12 P. S. § §  861, 862.

   Official Note

   The Act of 1877 relating to lien of verdict was repealed by Section 2(a) of JARA, 42 P. S. §  20002(a)(687).

   (2)  Section 1 of the Act of April 22, 1909, P. L. 112, 12 P. S. §  875(921).

   Official Note

   The Act of 1909 relating to consolidation of judgments by scire facias was repealed by Section 2(a) of JARA, 42 P. S. §  20002(a).

   (3)  Sections 2 through 7 inclusive of the Act of July 3, 1947, P. L. 1234, No. 504, known as the Judgment Lien Law, 12 P. S. § §  878 through 883.

   Official Note

   The Judgment Lien Law was repealed by Section 2(a) of JARA, 42 P. S. §  20002(a). The repealed sections concerned the property subject to lien and duration of lien (§  2), the manner of reviving lien and duration of revived lien (§  3), scire facias as lien (§  4), revival of lien against person in armed forces (§  5), service of scire facias and judgment on return of nihil habet (§  6), and property subject to execution, lien of execution and execution after five years (§  7).

 (a)  Relief from a judgment of non pros shall be sought by petition. All grounds for relief, whether to strike off the judgment or to open it, must be asserted in a single petition.

 (b)  If the relief sought includes the opening of the judgment, the petition shall allege facts showing that

   Official Note

   See Rule 2373 for special provisions relating to relief from a judgment of non pros entered pursuant to Rule 1037(a).

   (1)  the petition is timely filed,

   (2)  there is a reasonable explanation or legitimate excuse for the inactivity or delay, and

   (3)  there is a meritorious cause of action.

   The provisions of this Rule 3051 adopted November 19, 1991, effective January 1, 1992, 21 Pa.B. 5638; amended December 2, 1994, effective July 1, 1995, 24 Pa.B. 6259. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (190630) to (190631).

Subchapter D. ENFORCEMENT OF MONEY JUDGMENTS
FOR THE PAYMENT OF MONEY

 (a)  As used in this chapter

 ‘‘judgment’’ means a judgment or order requiring the payment of money entered in any court which is subject to these rules, including a final or interlocutory order for payment of costs, except a judgment against the Commonwealth or a political subdivision;

   Official Note

   The enforcement of judgments in special actions of ejectment, replevin and mortgage foreclosure is governed by Rules of Civil Procedure 3160 et seq.
 Political subdivision includes a municipal or other local authority. See Definition Rule 76.

 ‘‘plaintiff’’ means the holder of a judgment;

 ‘‘political subdivision’’ means a municipal or other local authority. See Definition Rule 76.

 ‘‘defendant’’ means any party against whom a judgment has been entered;

 ‘‘security’’ means a security as defined by the Uniform Commercial Code;

 ‘‘document of title’’ means a negotiable document of title as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code.

 (b)  Any person may be a garnishee and shall be deemed to have possession of property of the defendant if the person

   (1)  owes a debt to the defendant;

   (2)  has property of the defendant in his or her custody, possession or control;

   Official Note

   For limitation on the power to attach tangible personal property see Rule 3108(a).

   (3)  holds as fiduciary property in which the defendant has an interest;

   (4)  holds the legal title to property of the defendant whether or not in fraud of creditors; or

   (5)  owns or possesses real property subject to a mortgage, judgment or other lien in which defendant has an interest.

   Official Note:

   Judgments against the Commonwealth, political subdivisions and public authorities constituting bodies corporate and politic, shall be enforced in accord with the appropriate Acts of Assembly which remain unsuspended.
 As to first class townships, see The First Class Township Code of June 24, 1931, P. L. 1206, §  1711, as amended, 53 P. S. §  56711.
 As to second class townships, see Second Class Township Code of May 1, 1933, P. L. 103, No. 69, §  3205, as amended, 53 P. S. §  68205.
 As to boroughs, see the Borough Code of February 1, 1966, P. L. (1965)

   The following Acts of Assembly were repealed by the Judiciary Act Repealer Act (JARA). Pursuant to Section (3)(b) of that Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §  20003(b), these statutes remain part of the common law of the Commonwealth. For an example of the application of Section 3(b) of the Act, see Ricci v. Cuisine Management Services, 423 Pa. Super Ct. 371, 621 A.2d 163, 165 (1993).
 The County Code of August 9, 1955, P. L. 323, §  2804, 16 P. S. §  2804, as amended.
 The Act of July 28, 1953, P. L. 723, §  3204, 16 P. S. §  6204 pertaining to second class counties.

 (c)  The rules of this chapter shall not apply to the attachment of wages, salary or commissions to satisfy a money judgment arising from a residential lease pursuant to Section 8127(a)(3.1) of the Judicial Code.

   Official Note

   For the attachment of wages under Section 8127(a)(3.1) of the Judicial Code, see Rule 3301 et seq.

 (a)(1) Execution may issue within five years after entry of the judgment sought to be enforced or any judgment of revival or agreement to revive, against

     (i)   real property which is subject to the lien of the judgment, and

     (ii)   real property, title to which at the time of the entry of the writ of execution in the judgment index is recorded in the name of the person against whom the judgment is entered.

   (2)  If more than five years have expired since the entry of the judgment or of the last preceding judgment of revival or agreement to revive, no execution against real property may issue until a writ of revival shall have issued and been reduced to judgment or an agreement to revive entered. The execution shall issue on the judgment or agreement so entered and not on the original judgment.

 (b)  Execution may issue against personal property within the time allowed by law.

   Official Note

   Subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) continue the practice under Section 7 of the Act of July 3, 1947, P. L. 1234, 12 P. S. §  883 (repealed) relating to property subject to execution and execution after five years.
 For the applicable law under subdivision (b), see Section 5529(a) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §  5529(a) (twenty-year limitation to issue execution upon personal property). See also Shearer v. Naftzinger, 747 A.2d 859 (Pa. 2000).
 A proceeding to revive a judgment lien is not relevant to an execution upon personal property.

 (a)(1)  A money judgment on an obligation secured by a mortgage which grants a mortgage lien on an estate, leasehold or interest in land and also a security interest in personal property, at the election of the plaintiff, may be enforced against both in one proceeding pursuant to the rules of this chapter governing execution against real property.

   (2)  A claim that any tangible personal property levied upon pursuant to a writ of execution is the property of a person other than the defendant in the execution shall proceed in accordance with Rule 3201 et seq. governing sheriff’s interpleader.

   Official Note

   The rules of this chapter governing execution on personal property do not apply to an execution on personal property if an election has been made to proceed under this rule. However, Rule 3201 et seq. governing sheriff’s interpleader does apply when tangible personal property levied upon is claimed to be the property of a person other than the defendant in the execution.

   For a similar provision applicable to the enforcement of a judgment of mortgage foreclosure, see Rule 3180(b).

    (b) The plaintiff shall make the election to proceed under subdivision (a) by filing an affidavit setting forth the place of record of the mortgage and stating that

     (1) the mortgage covers both the real property and the personal property against which the plaintiff seeks execution, and

     (2) the plaintiff intends to proceed against both in accordance with its rights against the real property pursuant to Section 9604 of the Uniform Commercial Code and this rule.

    (c) If plaintiff elects to proceed as provided by this rule, the term ‘‘real property’’ as used in this chapter shall be deemed to include the personal property.

   Official Note

   Subdivision (c) is not applicable to a proceeding in sheriff’s interpleader under Rule 3201 et seq. in which tangible personal property levied upon is claimed to be the property of a person other than the defendant in the execution.

 Except as provided in Rule 3250, a judgment shall be enforced by a writ of execution substantially in the form provided by Rule 3252.

   Official Note

   Adopted March 30, 1960, effective November 1, 1960.
 Civil arrest has been abolished except as provided by Section 5108(b) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §  5108(b).
 Writs of fieri facias, attachment execution, vendex, liberari facias and all other forms of execution writs on money judgments against property of the defendant are supplanted by the writ of execution provided by these rules.
 Exemption and immunity of property from execution remain as heretofore. For limitations as to execution against partners or association members on judgments against partnerships or unincorporated associations, see Rules 2132 and 2155.

 (a)  Execution shall be commenced by filing a praecipe for a writ of execution with the prothonotary of any county in which judgment has been entered. Except as otherwise prescribed by Rule 2963 governing a judgment entered by confession, the praecipe shall be in the form prescribed by Rule 3251.

   Official Note

   The following Acts of Assembly contain special procedures in connection with the issuance of the writ:
 Section 428 of the Act approved June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, as amended, 77 P. S. §  951, providing for filing with the prothonotary an affidavit of default in payments before execution may issue on workmen’s compensation judgments.
 Section 712 of the Act approved May 15, 1933, P. L. 565, as amended, 71 P. S. §  733-712 requiring leave of court for execution against a financial institution of which the Secretary of Banking is in possession as receiver.
 Section 3377 of the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code, 20 Pa.C.S. §  3377, providing that execution may not issue on judgments against decedents other than on mortgages, ground rents or conditional sales of real or personal property without agreement in writing of the personal representative or approval of the Orphans’ Court.
 The Soldier’s and Sailor’s Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix 520.

 (b)  A writ issued by the prothonotary of the county in which judgment was entered originally or by transfer or certification from another court in the same county may be directed to the sheriff of any county within the Commonwealth.

   Official Note

   Rule 2959(a)(1) authorizes the defendant in a confessed judgment to move to open judgment either in the county of entry or of execution.

 (c)  When a judgment is transferred to another county, a writ issued by the prothonotary of the transferee county may be directed only to the sheriff of his county.

 (d)  Writs may be issued at the same or different times or to the sheriffs of different counties without a prior return of any outstanding writ.

 (e)  Upon issuance of the writ the prothonotary shall transmit it directly to the sheriff to whom it is directed or upon plaintiff’s request deliver it to the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s representative for transmittal.

 (a)(1) When issuing the writ, the prothonotary shall enter it against the defendant in the judgment index. The writ, when entered, shall

 (i) continue the lien upon real property which is then subject to the lien of the judgment, and

 (ii) create a lien on real property acquired by the defendant subsequent to the entry of the judgment, located in the county, title to which at the time of entry of the writ is recorded in the name of the defendant.

   Official Note

   As to the effect of entry of the writ, Rule 3104 continues the practice under the Judgment Lien Law of 1947, 12 P. S. §  883 (repealed). See also Section 4303 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §  4303.
 The praecipe for the writ of execution contains a direction to the prothonotary to enter the writ in the judgment index. See Rule 3251.

 (2) A lien created or continued solely by the entry of a writ of execution in the judgment index shall continue for a period of five years from the date the writ was entered.

   Official Note

   The lien of a writ of execution is not subject to revival under Rule 3025 et seq. governing revival of the lien of a judgment.

 (b)  Upon receiving a writ from another county, the sheriff shall deliver it to the prothonotary of his or her county who shall thereupon enter it in the judgment index and return it to the sheriff for execution. Such entry shall have the same effect as the entry of a judgment against the defendant.

 (c)  When the writ directs attachment of real property of the defendant in the name of a garnishee, the prothonotary of the county in which the writ is to be executed, upon praecipe of the plaintiff so directing and describing the real property in that county, shall enter the writ against the garnishee in the judgment index as a lis pendens. Entry against the garnishee shall constitute a lis pendens against the described property only in the county where the writ is entered and not against any other property of the garnishee.

 The sheriff shall note on the writ the date and time when it is received.

 (a)  Upon praecipe stating that a writ has been lost or destroyed a substituted writ may be issued.

 (b)  A writ may be reissued at any time, and any number of times, by endorsement thereon by the prothonotary of the word ‘‘reissued’’.

 (c)  A reissued writ may name a garnishee not originally named.

 (d)  A writ shall not be served nor shall a levy or attachment be made thereunder after the expiration of ninety days from the date of issuance or reissuance. After levy or attachment has been made under the writ within the ninety day period it shall remain valid without further reissuance for the purpose of completing the pending execution proceedings under the levy or attachment.

 Real or personal property of the defendant may be levied upon or attached in any order or simultaneously, as the plaintiff may direct.

   Official Note

 (a)  Service of the writ shall be made by the sheriff in the case of

   (1)  tangible personal property, by levy thereon or, if the property is in possession of a third person who prevents a levy or fails to make the property of the defendant available to the sheriff for levy, by serving the third person as garnishee;

   Official Note

   The following Acts of Assembly remain unsuspended:
 The Uniform Commercial Code, 13 Pa.C.S. §  7602, requiring seizure, surrender or injunction against negotiation of negotiable documents of title covering goods in the possession of a bailee.
 The Uniform Commercial Code, 13 Pa.C.S. §  8112, providing for the legal process by a creditor to reach a certificated security, an uncertificated security and a security entitlement.  The Pawn Brokerage Act of April 6, 1937, P. L. 200, §  21 63 P. S. §  281—21, providing that pawnbrokers shall not be required by legal process to deliver a pledge without surrender of the pawn ticket unless the pawn ticket has been impounded or its negotiation enjoined.
 For special provisions relating to access to safe deposit boxes see Rule 3110.

   (2)  a lien upon real property created under a mortgage, judgment or otherwise, by serving as garnishee the mortgagor, judgment or lien debtor, and the real owner of the real property upon which the mortgage, judgment or other lien is secured, as provided in Rule 3113;

   Official Note

   Only personal service upon the mortgagor or judgment debtor in the same manner as a writ of summons in a civil action will attach the personal liability of the mortgagor on the bond or the personal liability of the judgment debtor on the judgment.

   (3)  the interest of the defendant in a partnership, by serving the partnership as garnishee;

   (4)  other intangible personal property and rents, by serving a garnishee;

   Official Note

   Rents may also be ordered sequestered under Rule 3114 relating to execution against real property or a mortgage or lien thereon.

   (5)  real property of the defendant, title to which is recorded in the name of a third party, by levy and attachment as provided by Rule 3112;

   (6)  all other real property in the county, by noting upon the writ a brief description of the real property levied upon and a statement that the sheriff has levied upon the defendant’s interest therein.

 (b)  Upon levy or attachment, the sheriff shall mail a copy of the writ to the execution defendant at the last known address. The plaintiff shall provide the sheriff with copies of the writ and envelopes for mailing properly stamped and addressed. The sheriff shall note in the return the mailing of the writ and the date thereof.

 (a)  The sheriff may, or at the direction of the plaintiff shall, take manual possession or custody of any tangible personal property of the defendant upon which the sheriff has made a levy.

 (b)  The sheriff shall thereafter hold the property until termination of the proceedings, unless

   (1)  otherwise authorized in writing by the plaintiff;

   (2)  the levy is abandoned, set aside or withdrawn;

   (3)  the property is released from the levy; or

   (4)  the plaintiff fails to give bond or security required by these rules.

 (c)  If the sheriff does not retain possession of the property taken, it shall be returned to the person from whom it was taken.

 (d)  The sheriff may require bond or security for the actual or estimated cost of retaining possession of and preserving property levied upon.

 (a)  The sheriff shall levy upon property of the defendant in a safe deposit box by serving the depository or custodian of the box.

 (b)  Service of the writ shall enjoin the depository or custodian from opening or permitting the opening of the box except as directed by the court.

 (c)  The court, on petition of the plaintiff, shall grant a rule on the defendant, the depository or custodian, and any person who has the right to open the box, to show cause why the box should not be opened in the presence of the sheriff, by force if necessary, and the property of the defendant found therein delivered to the sheriff. If the defendant, the depository or custodian, or a person who has the right to open the box cannot be served personally with the petition and rule, that person shall be served by sending a copy of the petition and rule by registered mail directed to his or her last known address or, if no address is known and an affidavit to that effect is filed, by publication in such manner as the court by local rule or special order shall direct.

   Official Note

   ‘‘Registered mail’’ includes certified mail. See Definition Rule No. 76.

 (d)  The court shall not order the opening of a box by force unless the plaintiff furnishes bond or security deemed sufficient by the court to indemnify the depository or custodian against loss caused by the opening of the box.

 (a)  The writ shall be served by the sheriff upon the garnishee in the manner prescribed by Rule 402(a) except as otherwise provided by Rules 3112 and 3113. The sheriff shall furnish the garnishee with an additional copy of the writ for each defendant. If the garnishee served was not named in the writ he shall be added as a garnishee and return made accordingly.

 (b)  Service of the writ upon the garnishee shall attach all property of the defendant which may be attached under these rules which is in the possession of the garnishee. It shall also attach all property of the defendant which may be attached under these rules and which comes into the garnishee’s possession thereafter until judgment against the garnishee even though no such property of the defendant was in the garnishee’s possession at the time of service.

   Official Note

   For limitations on the power to attach tangible personal property see Rule 3108(a).

   See Rule 3111.1 providing that service of the writ does not attach the defendant’s funds on deposit in a bank or other financial institution in an account in which funds are deposited electronically on a recurring basis and are identified as funds which upon deposit are exempt from attachment.

 (c)  Service of the writ upon the garnishee shall also subject the garnishee to the mandate and injunctive orders of the writ restraining the garnishee from paying any debt to or for the account of the defendant and from delivering any property of the defendant which may be attached under these rules to anyone except the sheriff or otherwise disposing thereof until further order of the court or discontinuance or termination of the attachment.

 (d)  Violation of the mandate and injunctive orders of the writ may be punished as a contempt.

 In the absence of a court order, service of the writ upon a bank or other financial institution as garnishee shall not attach any of the defendant’s funds on deposit with the bank or other financial institution in an account in which

   (1)  funds are deposited electronically on a recurring basis and are identified as being funds that upon deposit are exempt from execution, levy or attachment under Pennsylvania or federal law, or

   Official Note

   See Rule 3146(b)(2) governing judgment against a bank or other financial institution as garnishee upon admission in answer to interrogatory.

   (2)  the funds on deposit, not including any otherwise exempt funds, do not exceed the amount of the general monetary exemption under 42 Pa.C.S. §  8123. The plaintiff shall have the right to file an objection if the plaintiff believes that the defendant has exhausted the statutory exemption.

 (a)  The sheriff shall execute the writ against real property of the defendant, title to which is recorded in the name of a third party, by serving the third party as garnishee and noting upon the writ a description of the real property and a statement that the sheriff has levied upon defendant’s interest therein.

 (b)  The plaintiff shall have the right of service upon the garnishee

   (1)  in any other county by having the sheriff of the county in which the writ is issued deputize the sheriff of the other county where service may be had, or

   (2)  outside the state by having any competent adult serve the garnishee personally and file an affidavit thereof in the action.

 (c)  A garnishee who cannot be served as provided in Rules 3111(a) or 3112(b) shall be served by (1) posting a copy of the writ on a public part of the property and (2) handing a copy of the writ to the person in actual possession of the property or, if no one is in actual possession, by sending the garnishee a copy of the writ together with an inventory of the property attached, by registered mail directed to the garnishee’s last known address or, if no address is known and an affidavit to that effect is filed, by publication in such manner as the court by special order shall direct.

   Official Note

   Registered mail includes certified mail. See Definition Rule 76.

   The remedies available under the Pennsylvania Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, 12 Pa.C.S. §  5107, are not suspended by these rules.

 In execution against a lien upon real property created under a mortgage, judgment or otherwise, if the garnishee cannot be served as provided in Rule 3111(a), service shall be made in the manner provided by Rule 3112.

   Official Note

   Adopted March 30, 1960, effective November 1, 1960.

 Upon execution against any interest in real property, or a mortgage or lien thereon the court on petition of the plaintiff, may order the sheriff, or a sequestrator appointed by the court, to collect any rent, interest, principal or other sum becoming due to the defendant, to exercise any powers possessed by the defendant as landlord, mortgagee, life tenant, judgment creditor, lien holder, vendor or otherwise, and to account to the court. The court may require a sequestrator’s bond in such amount and upon such terms as it deems proper.

   Official Note

 (a)  A levy upon tangible personal property under any valid writ shall be a levy upon said property under every valid writ of any plaintiff against the same defendant then in the hands of the sheriff. The levy shall be noted on each writ.

 (b)  When tangible personal property has been levied upon and the property remains subject to the levy or the proceeds of the sheriff’s sale thereof remain in the hands of the sheriff, a levy upon the property or proceeds under a later writ against the same defendant may be made by notation of levy upon the later writ. The sheriff shall also make an actual levy if the plaintiff so directs.

 (c)  The stay of a writ, abandonment of a writ or a levy thereunder, release of property from levy or setting aside of a writ or levy, shall not affect any levy made or proceeding taken under any other writ prior to such action, unless the court otherwise directs.

 No bond or security shall be required by the sheriff except as provided by these rules.

   Official Note

   Adopted March 30, 1960, effective November 1, 1960.

 (a)  Plaintiff at any time after judgment, before or after the issuance of a writ of execution, may, for the purpose of discovery of assets of the defendant, take the testimony of any person, including a defendant or a garnishee, upon oral examination or written interrogatories as provided by the rules relating to Depositions and Discovery. The prothonotary of the county in which judgment has been entered or of the county within this Commonwealth where the deposition is to be taken, shall issue a subpoena to testify.

 (b)  All reasonable expenses in connection with the discovery may be taxed against the defendant as costs if it is ascertained by the discovery proceedings that the defendant has property liable to execution.

   Official Note

   The immunity provisions of Section 5941(b) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §  5941(b), relating to the judgment debtor remain unsuspended by these rules.

 (a)  On petition of the plaintiff, after notice and hearing, the court in which a judgment has been entered may, before or after the issuance of a writ of execution, enter an order against any party or person

   (1)  enjoining the negotiation, transfer, assignment or other disposition of any security, document of title, pawn ticket, instrument, mortgage, or document representing any property interest of the defendant subject to execution;

   (2)  enjoining the transfer, removal, conveyance, assignment or other disposition of property of the defendant subject to execution;

   (3)  directing the defendant or any other party or person to take such action as the court may direct to preserve collateral security for property of the defendant levied upon or attached, or any security interest levied upon or attached;

   (4)  directing the disclosure to the sheriff of the whereabouts of property of the defendant;

   (5)  directing that property of the defendant which has been removed from the county or concealed for the purpose of avoiding execution shall be delivered to the sheriff or made available for execution; and

   (6)  granting such other relief as may be deemed necessary and appropriate.

 (b)  The petition and notice of the hearing shall be served only within the Commonwealth in the manner prescribed by Rule 440 for the service of legal papers other than original process.

 (c)  Violation of the mandate or injunction of the court may be punished as a contempt.

   Official Note

   Service of a writ of execution against a garnishee enjoins the garnishee as provided in Rule 3111 but supplementary aid may be obtained under this rule against any party or person without the necessity of separate proceedings in equity in aid of execution.

 Upon cause shown, on petition of any person or party in interest, the court may

   (1)  release specific property from a levy upon the filing of a bond or security approved by the court in an amount based upon the value of the property, or the amount of the judgment, interest, and probable costs, whichever is less, or

   (2)  release part of the property, if the value of the property levied upon is excessive compared to the amount of the judgment, interest, and probable costs.

   Official Note

 The sheriff may abandon the levy if

   (1)  the plaintiff fails to make payment promptly upon demand of the sheriff’s proper fees and costs, or

   (2)  sale of the property levied upon is not held within six (6) months after levy, unless the procedings are stayed or the time for sale is extended by the court.

   Official Note

 (a)  Execution shall be stayed as to all or any part of the property of the defendant.

   (1)  upon written direction of the plaintiff to the sheriff:

   (2)  upon the entry of bond with the prothonotary, by any person or party in interest, with security approved by the prothonotary, in the amount of plaintiff’s judgment, including probable interest and costs, or in such lesser amount as the court may direct, naming the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as obligee, and conditioned to pay the amount due within ninety (90) days of the entry of bond, unless the time for payment be further extended by the court;

   (3)  pending disposition of a property claim filed by a third party;

   (4)  upon a showing of exemption or immunity of property from execution;

   (5)  upon a showing of a right to a stay under the provisions of an Act of Congress or any Act of Assembly.

 (b)  Execution may be stayed by the court as to all or any part of the property of the defendant upon its own motion or application of any party in interest showing

   (1)  a defect in the writ, levy or service; or

   (2)  any other legal or equitable ground therefor.

 (c)  In an order staying execution the court may impose such terms and conditions or limit the stay to such reasonable time as it may deem appropriate.

   Official Note

   The defendant may under these rules obtain a stay upon a showing that the net rents or income can satisfy the judgment, interest and costs within a reasonable time, that a stay will not imperil the ultimate collection of the judgment and that in balancing the equities no undue hardship will be inflicted on the plaintiff. The court may in granting stay provide for payment to the plaintiff or may order sequestration of the rents or income.

 (d)  The court may on application of any party in interest set aside the writ, service or levy

   (1)  for a defect therein;

   (2)  upon a showing of exemption or immunity of property from execution, or

   (3)  upon any other legal or equitable ground therefor.

 (e)  All objections by the defendant shall be raised at one time.

   Official Note

   The garnishee may however raise the defenses of exemption or immunity of property from execution by preliminary objection or in answers to interrogatories. See Rules 3142(a) and (c) and 3145(b).

 (f)  After the termination of a stay, sale may be had without reissuance of the writ.

 When the writ is issued to another county, proceedings for stay shall, at the option of the defendant, be taken in the county from which the writ issued or to which it is directed. Interpleader proceedings and all other procedings relating to the levy shall be carried on only in the county where the levy is made.

   Official Note

   By Rule 3141(b) the garnishee is given a similar option as to the venue of the proceedings.

   Rule 2959(a)(i) authorizes the defendant in a confessed judgment to petition to open the judgment in the county in which the judgment is entered or in the county of execution.

 (a)  A defendant entitled to a statutory exemption may claim it in kind or in cash at any time before the date of sale by notifying the sheriff of his or her claim and, if the exemption is claimed in kind, by designating the property which he or she elects to retain as exempt. Failure of the defendant to claim the statutory exemption shall not constitute a waiver thereof.

   Official Note

   See Mayhugh v. Coon, 460 Pa. 128, 331 A.2d 452 (1975).

 (b)  Upon receipt of a claim for exemption in kind the sheriff shall set aside, from the designated property, enough thereof as appraised by the sheriff, to equal the value of the exemption, unless the property is incapable of division. In the event of failure of the defendant to claim the statutory exemption, the sheriff shall similarly choose, appraise, and set aside property in kind. Real property claimed shall be described by metes and bounds and the description shall be included in the sheriff’s return.

 (c)  If the property held by the sheriff in kind cannot be set aside because it is not capable of appropriate division, the sheriff shall set aside from the proceeds of the sale and pay to the defendant in cash the amount of the statutory exemption.

 (d)  Any party in interest may, within forty-eight hours, appeal to the court from the sheriff’s appraisal or designation of property. The sheriff shall proceed with the sale as to the remainder of the property levied upon unless the sale shall be postponed by order of the court or written direction of the plaintiff.

   Official Note

   See Rule 3123.1 for the requirement of a prompt court hearing upon a claim for exemption of property from execution.

 (a)  A defendant may claim exemption or immunity of property from levy or attachment by filing with the sheriff a claim substantially in the form provided by Rule 3252(a). The defendant may include in the claim a demand for a prompt hearing. The sheriff shall immediately notify the plaintiff and garnishee of the filing of the claim.

 (b)  The sheriff shall immediately present the matter to the court. The court shall hear the claim within five business days thereafter upon such notice to the parties as the court shall direct and shall promptly dispose of the matter on the testimony, admissions or other evidence.

 (c)  Judgment may not be entered against the garnishee pursuant to Rule 3146(b) until the expiration of twenty days from the date of service of the writ of execution upon the garnishee. If a claim for exemption is pending, judgment pursuant to Rule 3146(b) may be entered only by agreement of the parties or by leave of court.

   Official Note

   Pennsylvania and Federal law provide numerous exemptions of property from execution, including the following:

   Exemptions under Pennsylvania Law

   1. General $300 statutory exemption, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8123.

   2. Particular personal property exemption—wearing apparel, bibles and school books, sewing machines, uniforms and equipment, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(a).

   3. Certain retirement funds and accounts, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(b):
Public School Employes’ Retirement Fund, 24 Pa.C.S. §  8533 and 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(b)(1)(i).
State Employes’ Retirement Fund, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(b)(1)(ii) and 71 Pa.C.S. §  5953.
Police Pension Funds, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(b)(1)(iii).
Philadelphia Pension Fund, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(b)(1)(iv).
Pittsburgh Pension Fund, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(b)(1)(v).
Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Fund, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(b)(1)(vi).
Private employes’ pensions or annuity funds, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(b)(1)(vii).
Self-employed retirement or annuity funds, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(b)(1)(viii).
Retirement or annuity funds provided for under the Internal Revenue Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(b)(1)(ix).

   4. Certain insurance proceeds, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(c).
Fraternal society benefits, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(c)(1),(8).
Workmen’s compensation, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(c)(2).
Group insurance, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(c)(5).
Life insurance and annuities, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(c)(3), (4), (6).
Accident and disability insurance, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(c)(7).
No-fault motor vehicle accident benefits, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8124(c)(9).

   5. Personal earnings, subject to the exceptions under 23 Pa.C.S. Pt. IV relating to divorce and for support, board, certain damages arising from a residential lease, and student loan obligations, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8127.

   6. Tangible personal property on international exhibition, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8125.

   7. Common carrier, property in interstate transit, 42 Pa.C.S. §  8126.

   8. Certain veteran benefits.

  Veterans’ litigation awards (Vietnam herbicide), 51 Pa.C.S. §  7902(a)
Sums payable under:
the Veterans’ Compensation Act, 51 P. S. §  20012.
the World War II Veterans Compensation Act, 51 P. S. §  20048.
the Korean Conflict Veterans Compensation Act, 51 P. S. §  20098.
the Vietnam Conflict Veterans’ Compensation Act, 51 P. S. §  20127.

   Exemptions under Federal Law

   1. Certain wages and compensation:
Longshoremen’s and harborworkers’ compensation, 33 U.S.C. §  916.
Injury or death resulting from war-risk hazard, 42 U.S.C. §  1717.

   2. Social Security benefits, 42 U.S.C. §  407.

   3. Certain retirement funds and accounts:
Civil Service, 5 U.S.C. §  8346(a).
Foreign Service, 22 U.S.C. §  4060(c).
Railroad Retirement, 45 U.S.C. §  231m.
Judges’ widows’ annuities, 28 U.S.C. §  376(n).

   4. Certain veteran and armed forces benefits:
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