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§ 4303. Effect of judgments and orders as liens

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure (Refs & Annos)
Part V. Administration of Justice Generally
Chapter 43. Dockets, Indices and Other Records
Subchapter A. Establishment, Maintenance and Effect of Judicial Records (Refs & Annos)
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 4303
§ 4303. Effect of judgments and orders as liens
(a) Real property.--Any judgment or other order of a court of common pleas for the payment of money shall be a lien upon real property on the conditions, to the extent and with the priority provided by statute or prescribed by general rule adopted pursuant to section 1722(b) (relating to enforcement and effect of orders and process) when it is entered of record in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county where the real property is situated, or in the office of the clerk of the branch of the court of common pleas embracing such county.
(b) Order of court as lien.--Any other order of a court of common pleas shall be a lien upon real and personal property situated within any county embraced within the judicial district on the conditions, to the extent and with the priority provided by statute or prescribed by general rule adopted pursuant to section 1722(b).
(c) Transfer of domestic judgments and orders.--An order of any court of this Commonwealth which is a lien on real or personal property situated within any county of this Commonwealth pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) shall be a lien upon real or personal property situated within any other county to the same extent as if resulting from an order of the court of common pleas of such other county upon compliance with such transfer and filing procedures as may be prescribed by general rule.

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1976, July 9, P.L. 586, No. 142, § 2, effective June 27, 1978. Amended 1980, Oct. 5, P.L. 693, No. 142, § 501(a), effective in 60 days; 1982, Dec. 20, P.L. 1409, No. 326, art. II, § 201, imd. effective.
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 4303, PA ST 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 4303
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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