Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 36, September 7, 2024
Rule 3022 - Verdict or Order(a) A verdict or order for a specific sum of money when entered in the judgment index shall create a lien on real property located within the county, title to which at the time of entry is recorded in the name of the person against whom the verdict or order was rendered. The lien shall continue for five years unless the verdict is sooner reduced to judgment or the court sooner awards a new trial or enters a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Section 8142(b) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8142(b), provides for the endorsement of time on recorded verdicts. "Overdue support obligations of this or any other state which are on record at the county domestic relations section shall constitute a lien by operation of law against all real property owned by the obligor within the county as provided in subsection (d.1)." See Section 4352(d) of the Domestic Relations Code, 23 Pa.C.S. § 4352(d)
(b)(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), the lien of a verdict or order for a specific sum of money shall have the priority prescribed by Section 8141 of the Judicial Code from the time the verdict or order is entered in the judgment index.(2) Paragraph (1) shall not affect the priority of the lien of a verdict or order for a specific sum of money created prior to the effective date of this rule.(3) Section 8141(3), (4) and (5) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8141(3), (4) and (5), are suspended in accordance with Article V, Section 10(c) of the Constitution of 1968 and Section 1722(b) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 1722(b), insofar as they are inconsistent with this rule.This Rule 3022 adopted December 19, 2003, effective 7/1/2004, 34 Pa.B. 22; amended October 15, 2004, effective immediately, 34 Pa.B. 5889; amended November 2, 2007, effective 1/1/2008, 37 Pa.B. 6201; amended January 26, 2010, effective immediately, 40 Pa.B. 700.