{"data":{"id":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5529","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"42 Pa.C.S. § 5529","heading":"Twenty year limitation.","body":"(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.\n(b) Instruments under seal.--\n(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.\n(2) (Deleted by amendment).","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=42\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=55\u0026sctn=29\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 42 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:33:14Z","sha256":"9c6ba95210e5e948431df6c953e1e8cd27cbaf1a5fe571a4ed9a162d1968834a","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5528","next":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5530"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}