2016 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 11 - Community and Municipal Courts
Section 1144 - Lien of judgment
A judgment of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court shall not operate as a lien on real property until a transcript of the record showing a final judgment of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court has been filed in the manner prescribed by general rules in the office of the prothonotary of Allegheny County. After entry of the judgment, the judgment shall, from the date of its entry, be a lien upon real property to the same extent that judgment recovered in the court of common pleas is a lien. No transcript of the record shall be filed until 30 days after the entry of final judgment by the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court. No execution against real estate shall be issued by the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court.
(Dec. 21, 1988, P.L.1862, No.179, eff. 60 days)
1988 Amendment. Act 179 added section 1144. Section 3 of Act 179 provided that section 1144 shall apply to final judgments entered by the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court on or after the effective date of Act 179.
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