Pennsylvania Act 1998-77 — JUDICIAL CODE (42 PA.C.S.) - AMEND EXPIRATION DATE EXTENDED

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JUDICIAL CODE (42 PA.C.S.) - AMEND EXPIRATION DATE EXTENDED
                  Act of Jun. 18, 1998, P.L. 536, No. 77              Cl. 42
                             Session of 1998
                               No. 1998-77

     HB 1979

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
        Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for 20-
        years limitation.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 5529 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
      § 5529.  Twenty year limitation.
        (a)  Execution against personal property.--An execution
     against personal property must be issued within 20 years after
     the entry of the judgment upon which the execution is to be
     issued.
        (b)  Instruments under seal.--
            (1)  Notwithstanding section 5525(7) (relating to four
        year limitation), an action upon an instrument in writing
        under seal must be commenced within 20 years.
            (2)  This subsection shall expire [June 27, 1998] June
        27, 2018.
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

     APPROVED--The 18th day of June, A. D. 1998.

     THOMAS J. RIDGE