Phil. Cnty. Pa. *3133.1

As amended through December 18, 2021
Rule *3133.1 - Fair Value Act
(A) Petitions under 42 Pa.C.S §8103 to establish the fair market value of real property bought in by a plaintiff at a Sheriff's sale shall:
(1) Name as respondents the debtors, obligors and guarantors, and any other persons who may be directly or indirectly liable to the petitioner for the payment of the debt, with the addresses of such persons to the extent that such addresses are known to the petitioner or are ascertainable upon reasonable inquiry and an affidavit stating that the petitioner does not know and after reasonable inquiry has been unable to ascertain the residence or business addresses of the others;
(2) State the location and description of the real property sold;
(3) State the fair market value of the property;
(4) State the date of the Sheriff's sale;
(5) State the date of entry and the amount of the judgment entered in the proceeding and the amount of the interest due thereon to the date of the Sheriff's sale and the costs of the proceedings upon which the said judgment was obtained; and
(6) Include an itemized statement of all prior liens, costs, taxes and municipal claims not discharged by the sale, and the amount of any such items paid at distribution on the sale.
(B) No petition will be allowed, nor return date fixed by the Court, unless the petition shall set forth all matters provided for in paragraph (A) above.
(C) In all cases where the Sheriff has made a return of n.e.i. or not found as to any respondent named in the petition, the Sheriff without further order of the Court shall accomplish service by publishing once a week for two successive weeks both in The Legal Intelligencer and one newspaper of general circulation in Philadelphia County, the last such publication to appear at least fifteen days prior to the day fixed for the hearing of such petition, a notice to the respondent or respondents not previously served of the filing of the petition and the date fixed for hearing thereon.

Phil. Cnty. Pa. *3133.1

Former Rule 365; originally Star Rule *914.