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§ 5529. Twenty year limitation

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureEffective: June 25, 2018

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure (Refs & Annos)
Part VI. Actions, Proceedings and Other Matters Generally
Chapter 55. Limitation of Time (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter B. Civil Actions and Proceedings (Refs & Annos)
Effective: June 25, 2018
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5529
§ 5529. Twenty year limitation
Currentness
(a) Execution against personal property.--An execution against personal property must be issued within 20 years after the entry of the judgment upon which the execution is to be issued.
(b) Instruments under seal.--
(1) Notwithstanding section 5525(7) (relating to four year limitation), an action upon an instrument in writing under seal must be commenced within 20 years.
(2) Deleted by 2018, June 25, P.L. 348, No. 46, § 1, imd. effective.

Credits

1976, July 9, P.L. 586, No. 142, § 2, effective June 27, 1978. Amended 1980, Dec. 5, P.L. 1104, No. 189, § 5, imd. effective; 1982, Dec. 20, P.L. 1409, No. 326, art. II, § 201, effective in 60 days; 1998, June 18, P.L. 536, No. 77, § 1, imd. effective; 2018, June 25, P.L. 348, No. 46, § 1, imd. effective.
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5529, PA ST 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5529
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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