{"data":{"id":"us-pa/44-pa.c.s.-7177","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"44 Pa.C.S. § 7177","heading":"Failure to execute process.","body":"(a) Scope of section.--This section applies to a constable subject to all of the following:\n(1) The constable is entrusted with the execution of a process for the collection of money.\n(2) The constable, by neglect of duty, fails to collect the money.\n(3) The constable's security is used to pay the money.\n(b) Equitable interest.--The person that pays the security under subsection (a)(3):\n(1) has an equitable interest in the judgment; and\n(2) may collect the judgment in the name of the party that won the judgment.","path":["Title 44 - LAW AND JUSTICE","PART IV OTHER OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS","CHAPTER 71 CONSTABLES","SUBCHAPTER H PENALTIES AND REMEDIES"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=44\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=71\u0026sctn=77\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-07-29 (Statute Update stamp, 44 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:33:23Z","sha256":"073ebd2237f96af7787c591310e2c92ae11136640215ade0729b25819e19438a","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/44-pa.c.s.-7176","next":"us-pa/44-pa.c.s.-7178"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}