Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 24, June 15, 2024
Rule 521 - Execution by LevyA. If the landlord in an action for recovery of possession of real property obtains a judgment for damages for injury to or unjust detention of the premises, for rent remaining due and for the costs of the proceeding, or for any of these, the landlord may obtain execution of that judgment by levy upon personal property of the tenant in accordance with the rules for the Execution of Judgments for the Payment of Money Rendered by Magisterial District Judges, and the form for a request for an order of execution there prescribed shall be used for this purpose.B. If the tenant in an action for recovery of possession of real property obtains a money judgment on a cross-complaint against the landlord, the tenant may obtain execution of the judgment by levy upon personal property of the landlord in accordance with the rules for the Execution of Judgments for the Payment of Money Rendered by Magisterial District Judges.The provisions of this Rule 521 amended April 25, 1979, effective 5/25/1979, 9 Pa.B. 1499; amended August 19, 2020, effective 1/1/2021, 50 Pa.B. 4491.