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42 PA Cons Stat § 7541 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 75 - Commencement of Actions|Section 7541 - Construction of subchapter

§ 7541. Construction of subchapter. (a) General rule.--This subchapter is declared to be remedial. Its purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations, and is to be liberally construed and administered.  (b) Effect of alternative remedy.--The General Assembly finds and determines that the principle rendering declaratory relief unavailable in circumstances where an action at law or in equity or a special statutory remedy is available has unreasonably limited the availability of declaratory relief and such principle is hereby abolished. The availability of declaratory relief shall not be limited by the provisions of 1 Pa.C.S. § 1504 (relating to statutory remedy preferred over common law) and the remedy provided by this subchapter shall be additional and cumulative to all other available remedies except as provided in subsection (c). Where another remedy is available the election of the declaratory judgment remedy rather than another available remedy shall not affect the substantive rights of the parties, and the court may pursuant to general rules change venue, require additional pleadings, fix the order of discovery and proof, and take such other action as may be required in the interest of justice.  (c) Exceptions.--Relief shall not be available under this subchapter with respect to any:  (1) Action wherein a divorce or annulment of marriage is sought except as provided by 23 Pa.C.S. § 3306 (relating to proceedings to determine marital status).  (2) Proceeding within the exclusive jurisdiction of a tribunal other than a court. (3) Proceeding involving an appeal from an order of a tribunal.  (Dec. 19, 1990, P.L.1240, No.206, eff. 90 days)   1990 Amendment. Act 206 amended subsec. (c).  Cross References. Section 7541 is referred to in section 7537 of this title.
42 PA Cons Stat § 7551 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 75 - Commencement of Actions|Section 7551 - Enforcement of taxes imposed by other states

 § 7551. Enforcement of taxes imposed by other states. (a) General rule.--The courts of this Commonwealth shall recognize and enforce liabilities for taxes lawfully imposed by any other state or any political subdivision thereof, which extends a like comity to this Commonwealth and any political subdivision thereof, and the duly authorized officer of any such state or a political subdivision thereof may sue for the collection of such a tax in the courts of this Commonwealth. A certificate by the Secretary of State of such other state that an officer suing for collection of such a tax is duly authorized to collect the same shall be conclusive proof of such authority.  (b) Interest and penalties.--For the purposes of this section the words "tax" and "taxes" shall include interest and penalties due under any state taxing statute or local ordinance or resolution. Liability for such interest or penalties, or both, shall be recognized and enforced by the courts of this Commonwealth to the same extent that the laws of such other state permit the enforcement in its courts of liability due under a taxing statute of this Commonwealth or ordinance of any political subdivision thereof.
42 PA Cons Stat § 7701 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 77 - Trial|Section 7701 - Procedures, motions and other matters

§ 7701. Procedures, motions and other matters. All procedures, motions and other matters relating to the trial, by jury or otherwise, of any civil action or proceeding, trial de novo and returns on certiorari from the minor judiciary shall be conducted in the manner, at the times, on the terms and conditions and in the form prescribed by general rules.
42 PA Cons Stat § 7702 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 77 - Trial|Section 7702 - Commencement and termination of trial

§ 7702. Commencement and termination of trial. The trial of a civil action or proceeding shall be deemed to commence and terminate at the times or on the occurrence of events prescribed by general rules.
42 PA Cons Stat § 7901 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 79 - Post-trial Matters|Section 7901 - Procedures, motions and other matters

§ 7901. Procedures, motions and other matters. All post-trial procedures, motions and other matters relating to any civil action or proceeding, trial de novo and returns on certiorari from the minor judiciary shall be conducted in the manner, at the times, on the terms and conditions and in the form prescribed by general rules.
42 PA Cons Stat § 8101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 81 - Judgments and Other Liens|Section 8101 - Interest on judgments

§ 8101. Interest on judgments. Except as otherwise provided by another statute, a judgment for a specific sum of money shall bear interest at the lawful rate from the date of the verdict or award, or from the date of the judgment, if the judgment is not entered upon a verdict or award.
42 PA Cons Stat § 8102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 81 - Judgments and Other Liens|Section 8102 - Contribution among joint judgment debtors

§ 8102. Contribution among joint judgment debtors. Whenever the property of several persons is subject to the lien of any judgment to the discharge of which such persons should by law or equity contribute, or to which one of such persons should have subrogation against another, the court may require the judgment creditor to levy upon and make sale of the property liable to execution for the payment of the judgment in the proportion or in the succession in which the properties of the several persons are in law or equity liable to contribute towards the discharge of the common incumbrance. The court may direct to what uses the judgment shall be assigned, and when assigned may direct all executions thereon, so as to subserve the rights and equities of all persons whose property is liable to execution.   (Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, eff. 60 days)
42 PA Cons Stat § 8104 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 81 - Judgments and Other Liens|Section 8104 - Duty of judgment creditor to enter satisfaction

 § 8104. Duty of judgment creditor to enter satisfaction. (a) General rule.--A judgment creditor who has received satisfaction of any judgment in any tribunal of this Commonwealth shall, at the written request of the judgment debtor, or of anyone interested therein, and tender of the fee for entry of satisfaction, enter satisfaction in the office of the clerk of the court where such judgment is outstanding, which satisfaction shall forever discharge the judgment.  (b) Liquidated damages.--A judgment creditor who shall willfully or unreasonably fail without good cause or refuse for more than 90 days after written notice in the manner prescribed by general rules to comply with a request pursuant to subsection (a) shall pay to the judgment debtor as liquidated damages 1% of the original amount of the judgment for each month of delinquency beyond such 90 days, but not less than $250 nor more than $2,500. Such liquidated damages shall be recoverable pursuant to general rules, by supplementary proceedings in the matter in which the judgment was entered.   (June 25, 1997, P.L.321, No.32, eff. imd.)   1997 Amendment. Act 32 amended subsec. (b).
42 PA Cons Stat § 8121 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 81 - Judgments and Other Liens|Section 8121 - Scope of subchapter

 § 8121. Scope of subchapter. (a) General rule.--Except as provided by subsection (b) the exemptions from execution specified in this subchapter are in addition to any other exemptions from execution granted by any other statute.  (b) Specific sum of money.--Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute, where the provisions of this subchapter and of any other statute granting exemption from execution in terms of a specific sum of money are simultaneously applicable to execution against a judgment debtor, such exemptions shall not be aggregated, but the judgment debtor shall be entitled to the benefit of the applicable statute granting exemption in terms of the largest specific sum of money.
42 PA Cons Stat § 8122 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 81 - Judgments and Other Liens|Section 8122 - Waiver of exemption

§ 8122. Waiver of exemption. Exemptions from attachment or execution granted by statute may not be waived by the debtor by express or implied contract before or after the commencement of the matter, the entry of judgment or otherwise.   (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days)
42 PA Cons Stat § 8123 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 81 - Judgments and Other Liens|Section 8123 - General monetary exemption

 § 8123. General monetary exemption. (a) General rule.--In addition to any other property specifically exempted by this subchapter, property of the judgment debtor (including bank notes, money, securities, real property, judgments or other indebtedness due the judgment debtor) to the value of $300 shall be exempt from attachment or execution on a judgment. Within such time as may be prescribed by general rules the judgment debtor may claim the exemption in kind and may designate the specific items of property to which the exemption provided by this section shall be applicable unless the designated property is not capable of appropriate division, or the judgment debtor may claim the exemption in cash out of the proceeds of the sale.  (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to any judgment:  (1) For support. (2) Debtor who is not an individual. (3) Obtained for board for four weeks or less. (4) For $100 or less obtained for wages for manual labor. (5) Obtained in foreclosing a mortgage secured upon real property whether the judgment is by an action in mortgage foreclosure or an action on a note, bond or other evidence of indebtedness accompanying a mortgage. The exception to the general monetary exemption provided for in this paragraph shall be limited to the real property secured by the mortgage. The exception shall not apply to any deficiency judgment.  (c) Executions issued by minor judiciary.--As to executions issued by the minor judiciary the amount of the exemption specified in subsection (a) shall be reduced by the value of any real or personal property of the judgment debtor which is generally subject to attachment or execution but which by law is not subject to attachments or executions issued by the minor judiciary.  (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; June 8, 1979, P.L.42, No.14, eff. imd.; Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days)    1982 Amendment. Act 326 amended subsecs. (a) and (c).  1979 Amendment. Act 14 amended subsecs. (a) and (b). Section 2 of Act 14 provided that Act 14 shall be retroactive to June 27, 1978, and further provided that all amounts heretofore collected by officers enforcing orders under 42 Pa.C.S. § 8123 as purported monetary exemptions in mortgage foreclosure actions shall be refunded forthwith to the party entitled thereto.  Saved from Suspension. Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure No. 3159(b)(9), adopted April 20, 1998, provided that section 8123(b)(3) and (4) shall not be deemed suspended or affected by Rules 3101 through 3149 relating to enforcement of money judgments for the payment of money.  Cross References. Section 8123 is referred to in sections 3315, 4315, 5315 of Title 68 (Real and Personal Property).
42 PA Cons Stat § 8125 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 81 - Judgments and Other Liens|Section 8125 - Tangible personal property exhibited at international exhibitions

§ 8125. Tangible personal property exhibited at international exhibitions. Tangible personal property on exhibition or deposited by exhibitors at any international exhibition held under the auspices of the Federal Government shall be exempt from distress, attachment, levy, sale or any other seizure for any cause whatsoever in the hands of the authorities of such exhibition or otherwise.
42 PA Cons Stat § 8126 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 81 - Judgments and Other Liens|Section 8126 - Common carriers not liable

§ 8126. Common carriers not liable. No common carrier or other person engaged in the business of forwarding or transporting tangible personal property shall be liable in attachment as garnishee or otherwise when such tangible personal property is in transit and at the time of service of process is beyond the limits of this Commonwealth without default, collusion or fraud on the part of such person.
42 PA Cons Stat § 8128 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 81 - Judgments and Other Liens|Section 8128 - Transfer of claim to avoid policy of Commonwealth

§ 8128. Transfer of claim to avoid policy of Commonwealth. (a) General rule.--It shall be unlawful for any creditor or obligee to commence an action on or to transfer any claim against a resident of this Commonwealth for the purpose of having such claim collected by proceedings in a forum which accords such resident less favorable exemptions from attachment or execution than are accorded by this Commonwealth, or for the purpose of depriving such resident of the right to have his personal earnings while in the hands of his employer exempt from application to the payment of his debts.  (b) Remedy.--In addition to remedy by injunction or otherwise, a resident of this Commonwealth who is aggrieved by any action by a creditor or obligee in violation of subsection (a) shall have a right of action against the creditor or obligee for treble the amount recovered from such resident in violation of this section and reasonable counsel fees. The transfer of any claim against the resident and the commencement of any action thereon outside this Commonwealth shall be prima facie evidence of a purpose to violate the provisions of subsection (a).  (c) Application to Title 15.--The provisions of this section shall also apply to the limitations set forth in 15 Pa.C.S. § 1929.1 (relating to limitations on asbestos-related liabilities relating to certain mergers or consolidations).   (Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days; Dec. 17, 2001, P.L.904, No.101, eff. imd.)
42 PA Cons Stat § 8141 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 81 - Judgments and Other Liens|Section 8141 - Time from which liens have priority

§ 8141. Time from which liens have priority. Liens against real property shall have priority over each other on the following basis: (1) Purchase money mortgages, from the time they are delivered to the mortgagee, if they are recorded within ten days after their date; otherwise, from the time they are left for record. A mortgage is a "purchase money mortgage" to the extent that it is:  (i) taken by the seller of the mortgaged property to secure the payment of all or part of the purchase price; or  (ii) taken by a mortgagee other than the seller to secure the repayment of money actually advanced by such person to or on behalf of the mortgagor at the time the mortgagor acquires title to the property and used by the mortgagor at that time to pay all or part of the purchase price, except that a mortgage other than to the seller of the property shall not be a purchase money mortgage within the meaning of this section unless expressly stated so to be.  (2) Other mortgages and defeasible deeds in the nature of mortgages, from the time they are left for record.  (3) Verdicts for a specific sum of money, from the time they are recorded by the court. (4) Adverse judgments and other orders, from the time they are rendered. (5) Amicable judgments, from the time the instruments on which they are entered are left for entry.  (6) Writs which when issued and indexed by the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas create liens against real property, from the time they are issued.  (7) Other instruments which when entered or filed and indexed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas create liens against real property, from the time they are left for entry or filing.    Cross References. Section 8141 is referred to in section 8143 of this title.
42 PA Cons Stat § 8142 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 81 - Judgments and Other Liens|Section 8142 - Endorsement of time

 § 8142. Endorsement of time. (a) Recorder of deeds.--The recorder of deeds shall endorse upon each mortgage and defeasible deed and on the record thereof, the time when each is left for record.  (b) Recorded verdicts, etc.--The person who records a verdict or a judgment or other order rendered in open court shall endorse on the record thereof the time it was recorded.  (c) Orders signed by a judge.--The judge who signs a judgment or other order shall endorse thereon the time he signed it.  (d) Writs and amicable judgments.--The office of the clerk of the court of common pleas shall endorse upon:  (1) Each instrument on which an amicable judgment is entered or which otherwise creates a lien against real property, the time it was left for entry or filing.  (2) Each writ creating a lien against real property, the time it was issued. (e) Docket entries.--The office of the clerk of the court of common pleas shall 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.
42 PA Cons Stat § 8144 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 81 - Judgments and Other Liens|Section 8144 - Mortgages to secure certain advances

§ 8144. Mortgages to secure certain advances. In addition to any other indebtedness, a mortgage may secure unpaid balances of advances made, with respect to the mortgaged premises, for the payment of taxes, assessments, maintenance charges, insurance premiums or costs incurred for the protection of the mortgaged premises or the lien of the mortgage, expenses incurred by the mortgagee by reason of default by the mortgagor under the mortgage or advances made under a construction loan to enable completion of the improvements for which the construction loan was originally made, if such mortgage states that it shall secure such unpaid balances. A mortgage complying with this section is a lien on the premises described therein from the time the mortgage is left for record or the time of delivery to the mortgagee of a purchase money mortgage which is recorded within ten days after its date for the full amount of the unpaid balances of such advances that are made under the mortgage, plus interest thereon, regardless of the time when the advances are made.   (Oct. 12, 1990, P.L.525, No.126, eff. 60 days)   1990 Amendment. Act 126 added section 8144. Section 2 of Act 126 provided that nothing contained in Act 126 shall be construed to affect the priority of advances made under any mortgage recorded before the effective date of Act 126.
42 PA Cons Stat § 8151 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 81 - Judgments and Other Liens|Section 8151 - Notice to Department of Revenue of judicial sale of property

 § 8151. Notice to Department of Revenue of judicial sale of property. (a) General rule.--No judicial officer or officer enforcing orders of a court or magisterial district judge shall, as such, sell the property of any person without filing with the Department of Revenue at least 20 days prior to the sale a report or return with respect to such property containing such information as the department may specify by regulation.  (b) Exceptions.--The department may by regulation exempt certain classes of transactions from the requirements of subsection (a) if it finds that such reports are not necessary to facilitate the collection of the public revenues. The requirements of subsection (a) shall not be applicable to any transaction where the court, after notice to the department, finds that the exigency of the case is such as to impel the omission of usual procedures.  (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)   2004 Amendment. Act 207 amended subsec. (a). See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.  Saved from Suspension. Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure for District Justices No. 482(7), as amended June 30, 1982, provided that section 8151 shall not be deemed suspended or affected. Rules 401 through 482 relate to execution of judgments for the payment of money rendered by district justices. Act 207 of 2004 changed justices of the peace to magisterial district judges. Rule 482 can now be found in the Rules of Conduct, Office Standards and Civil Procedure for Magisterial District Judges.  Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure No. 3159(b)(8), adopted April 20, 1998, provided that section 8151 shall not be deemed suspended or affected by Rules 3101 through 3149 relating to enforcement of money judgments for the payment of money.
42 PA Cons Stat § 8152 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 81 - Judgments and Other Liens|Section 8152 - Judicial sale as affecting lien of mortgage

§ 8152. Judicial sale as affecting lien of mortgage. (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, a judicial or other sale of real estate shall not affect the lien of a mortgage thereon, if the lien of the mortgage is or shall be prior to all other liens upon the same property except:  (1) Other mortgages, ground rents and purchase money due the Commonwealth. (2) Taxes, municipal claims and assessments, not at the date of the mortgage duly entered as a lien in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas.  (3) Taxes, municipal claims and assessments whose lien though afterwards accruing has by law priority given it.  (b) Property of a decedent, etc.--A judicial sale of the property shall divest the lien of a mortgage to the extent authorized by the court pursuant to the following provisions of Title 20 (relating to decedents, estates and fiduciaries):  Section 3353 (relating to order of court). Section 3357 (relating to title of purchaser). (c) Sale on prior lien.--A judicial or other sale of real estate in proceedings under a prior judgment or a prior ground rent, or in foreclosure of a prior mortgage, shall discharge a mortgage later in lien.  (d) Unseated lands.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to mortgages upon unseated lands or sales of unseated lands for taxes.    Cross References. Section 8152 is referred to in sections 3315, 4315, 5315 of Title 68 (Real and Personal Property).