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Pennsylvania · Through 2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 42 Pa.C.S.)

42 Pa.C.S. § 5324: Assistance to tribunals and litigants outside this Commonwealth with respect to service.

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  1. Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
  2. PART VI ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER MATTERS GENERALLY
  3. CHAPTER 53 BASES OF JURISDICTION AND INTERSTATE AND INTERNATIONAL PROCEDURE
  4. SUBCHAPTER B INTERSTATE AND INTERNATIONAL PROCEDURE

(a) General rule.--A court of record of this Commonwealth may order service upon any person who is domiciled or can be found within this Commonwealth of any document issued in connection with a matter in a tribunal outside this Commonwealth. The order may be made upon application of any interested person or in response to a letter rogatory issued by a tribunal outside this Commonwealth and shall direct the manner of service.

(b) Court order not necessary.--Service in connection with a matter in a tribunal outside this Commonwealth may be made within this Commonwealth without an order of court.

(c) Effect on recognition of order.--Service under this section does not, of itself, require the recognition or enforcement of an order rendered outside this Commonwealth.

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