Pennsylvania Code
Title 231 - RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 3000 - JUDGMENTS
Subchapter A - TRANSFER OF JUDGMENTS TO OTHER COUNTIES
Rule 3023 - Judgment
Universal Citation: 231 PA Code ยง 3023
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
(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.
(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
(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.
(3) Section 8141(3),
(4) and (5) of the Judicial Code,
42 Pa.C.S. §
8141(3), (4) and
(5), are 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 they are
inconsistent with this rule.
(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.
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