Section 8127 – Personal earnings exempt from process
§ 8127. Personal earnings exempt from process. (a) General rule and exceptions.–The wages, salaries and commissions of individuals shall while in the hands of the employer be exempt from any attachment, execution or other process except upon an action or proceeding: (1) Under 23 Pa.C.S. Pt. IV (relating to divorce). (2) For support. (3) For […]
Section 8128 – Transfer of claim to avoid policy of Commonwealth
§ 8128. Transfer of claim to avoid policy of Commonwealth. (a) General rule.–It shall be unlawful for any creditor or obligee to commence an action on or to transfer any claim against a resident of this Commonwealth for the purpose of having such claim collected by proceedings in a forum which accords such resident less […]
Section 8141 – Time from which liens have priority
§ 8141. Time from which liens have priority. Liens against real property shall have priority over each other on the following basis: (1) Purchase money mortgages, from the time they are delivered to the mortgagee, if they are recorded within ten days after their date; otherwise, from the time they are left for record. A […]
Section 8142 – Endorsement of time
§ 8142. Endorsement of time. (a) Recorder of deeds.–The recorder of deeds shall endorse upon each mortgage and defeasible deed and on the record thereof, the time when each is left for record. (b) Recorded verdicts, etc.–The person who records a verdict or a judgment or other order rendered in open court shall endorse on […]
Section 8143 – Open-end mortgages
§ 8143. Open-end mortgages. (a) General rule.–Whether or not it secures any other debt or obligation, an open-end mortgage, other than a purchase money mortgage as defined in section 8141 (relating to time from which liens have priority), may secure unpaid balances of advances made after such open-end mortgage is left for record. The validity […]
Section 8144 – Mortgages to secure certain advances
§ 8144. Mortgages to secure certain advances. In addition to any other indebtedness, a mortgage may secure unpaid balances of advances made, with respect to the mortgaged premises, for the payment of taxes, assessments, maintenance charges, insurance premiums or costs incurred for the protection of the mortgaged premises or the lien of the mortgage, expenses […]
Section 8151 – Notice to Department of Revenue of judicial sale of property
§ 8151. Notice to Department of Revenue of judicial sale of property. (a) General rule.–No judicial officer or officer enforcing orders of a court or magisterial district judge shall, as such, sell the property of any person without filing with the Department of Revenue at least 20 days prior to the sale a report or […]
Section 8152 – Judicial sale as affecting lien of mortgage
§ 8152. Judicial sale as affecting lien of mortgage. (a) General rule.–Except as otherwise provided in this section, a judicial or other sale of real estate shall not affect the lien of a mortgage thereon, if the lien of the mortgage is or shall be prior to all other liens upon the same property except: […]
Section 8125 – Tangible personal property exhibited at international exhibitions
§ 8125. Tangible personal property exhibited at international exhibitions. Tangible personal property on exhibition or deposited by exhibitors at any international exhibition held under the auspices of the Federal Government shall be exempt from distress, attachment, levy, sale or any other seizure for any cause whatsoever in the hands of the authorities of such exhibition […]
Section 8126 – Common carriers not liable
§ 8126. Common carriers not liable. No common carrier or other person engaged in the business of forwarding or transporting tangible personal property shall be liable in attachment as garnishee or otherwise when such tangible personal property is in transit and at the time of service of process is beyond the limits of this Commonwealth […]