Pennsylvania Act 1933-134 — TAX LIENS, WRITS OF SCIRE FACIAS

Act text

TAX LIENS, WRITS OF SCIRE FACIAS
                  Act of May 18, 1933, P.L. 816, No. 134              Cl. 53
                                  AN ACT

     To authorize boroughs and townships of the first class to sue
        out writs of scire facias on certain tax liens, where more
        than five years have elapsed since said liens were filed, and
        to reduce such liens to judgment; and providing for the
        revival and collection of such judgments.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That whenever any borough or
     township of the first class has heretofore filed in the office
     of the prothonotary of the proper county any tax lien or tax
     liens, and the borough or township of the first class has not,
     within the period of five years after the date on which any such
     tax lien was filed, sued out a writ of scire facias to reduce
     the same to judgment, then, in any such case, any such borough
     or township of the first class may, within six months after the
     passage and approval of this act, issue its praecipe for a writ
     of scire facias on any such tax lien and proceed to judgment in
     the manner provided by law to obtain judgments upon tax liens;
     and such judgment shall be a valid judgment and be a lien upon
     the real estate upon which it was a lien at the time it was
     filed, and said judgment may be revived and collected as other
     judgments upon tax liens are revived and collected: Provided,
     however, That the lien of any such judgment shall not reattach
     against any real estate transferred to any purchaser during the
     time when the lien of any such tax lien was lost, nor shall the
     lien of any such judgment impair or affect the priority of the
     lien of any mortgage or other lien which gained priority because
     of the failure of the borough or township of the first class to
     sue out the writ of scire facias within the five-year period or
     was entered of record during the time the lien of such tax lien
     was lost.
        This act shall be in effect immediately upon its passage, and
     approval by the Governor.