Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 24, June 15, 2024
Rule 516 - Issuance and Reissuance of Order for PossessionA. Upon the timely filing of the request form, the magisterial district judge shall issue the order for possession and shall deliver it for service and execution to the sheriff of, or any certified constable in, the county in which the office of the magisterial district judge is situated. If this service is not available to the magisterial district judge, service may be made by any certified constable of the Commonwealth. The order shall direct the officer executing it to deliver actual possession of the real property to the landlord. The magisterial district judge shall attach a copy of the request form to the order for possession.B.(1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision C, upon written request of the landlord the magisterial district judge shall reissue an order for possession for one additional 60-day period.(2) If an order for possession is issued and subsequently superseded by an appeal, writ of certiorari, supersedeas, or a stay pursuant to a bankruptcy proceeding or other federal or state law or Rule 514.1C, and (a) the appeal, writ of certiorari, or supersedeas is stricken, dismissed, or otherwise terminated; or(b) the bankruptcy or other stay is lifted; and(c) the landlord wishes to proceed with the order for possession, the landlord must file with the magisterial district judge a written request for reissuance of the order for possession in accordance with subdivision B(1).C. In a case arising out of a residential lease, a request for reissuance of an order for possession may be filed only within 120 days of the date of the entry of the judgment or, in a case in which the order for possession is issued and subsequently superseded by an appeal, writ of certiorari, supersedeas, or a stay pursuant to a bankruptcy proceeding or other federal or state law or Rule 514.1C, only within 120 days of the date the appeal, writ of certiorari, or supersedeas is stricken, dismissed, or otherwise terminated or the bankruptcy or other stay is lifted.D. A written request for reissuance of the order for possession, filed after an appeal, writ of certiorari, or supersedeas is stricken, dismissed, or otherwise terminated, or a bankruptcy or other stay is lifted, must be accompanied by a copy of the court order or other documentation striking, dismissing, or terminating the appeal, writ of certiorari, or supersedeas, or lifting the bankruptcy or other stay.The provisions of this Rule 516 amended June 30, 1982, effective 8/16/1982, 12 Pa.B. 2266; amended July 16, 2001, effective 8/1/2001, 31 Pa.B. 4055; amended April 5, 2002, effective 7/1/2002, 32 Pa.B. 2207; amended April 17, 2020, effective 9/1/2020, 50 Pa.B. 2252; amended August 19, 2020, effective January 2021, 50 Pa.B. 4491 and 4502; amended December 4, 2020, effective 1/1/2021, 50 Pa.B. 7129; amended June 4, 2021, effective 1/1/2022, 51 Pa.B. 3337.