Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 16, April 20, 2024
Rule 3103 - Commencement; issuance(a) Execution shall be commenced by filing a praecipe for a writ of execution with the prothonotary of any county in which judgment has been entered. Except as otherwise prescribed by Rule 2963 governing a judgment entered by confession, the praecipe shall be in the form prescribed by Rule 3251.(b) A writ issued by the prothonotary of the county in which judgment was entered originally or by transfer or certification from another court in the same county may be directed to the sheriff of any county within the Commonwealth.(c) When a judgment is transferred to another county, a writ issued by the prothonotary of the transferee county may be directed only to the sheriff of his county. (d) Writs may be issued at the same or different times or to the sheriffs of different counties without a prior return of any outstanding writ.(e) Upon issuance of the writ the prothonotary shall transmit it directly to the sheriff to whom it is directed or upon plaintiff's request deliver it to the plaintiff or the plaintiff's representative for transmittal.