GroundRules
42 Pa.C.S. § 5529: Twenty year limitation.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART VI ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER MATTERS GENERALLY
- CHAPTER 55 LIMITATION OF TIME
- SUBCHAPTER B CIVIL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS
(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 amendment).
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