A question for a PA. officer

[MYSTICGAL]

I was wondering if you could explain to me, or give me a place to look to find out exactly what a "writ of exicution" is and how it works. I live in PA, so I need a PA officer to help answer this question for me please.

Thank you.

[Drew27k9]

MYSTICGAL, Is this what you are talking about. If so, Police officers have nothing to do with this. This is a civil matter handled by the courts and sheriffs office, or a constable can serve the papers

What is a Writ of Execution?


A Writ of Execution is an order made by a Court when


a person, individually or on behalf of a company, has been to Court to recover a debt (this party is called the ‘judgment creditor’),
the Court has decided the case in the judgment creditor's favour, and
the other side does not pay the amount awarded (this party is called the ‘judgment debtor’).

A Writ of Execution is a legal document which states

who the money is owed to (called the ‘judgment creditor’), and
how much the debt is, and

When a Writ of Execution is attempted, a Sheriff’s Officer will hand a copy of the Writ to the judgment debtor together with a Notice to Debtor/Custodian and a form indicating details of the goods seized.

If a Writ is given to you, you will also have to pay back any money the Sheriff’s Office has spent trying to recover the debt and any the expenses of the judgment creditor. This is called ‘costs’

[Drew27k9]

For some reason I can't edit the above..edited to say..I copied that response from a google search.

[MYSTICGAL]

DREW27K9,

Yes, that is what I was talking about...lol...sorry for mis-spelling

I thought that was it. I got one of those because someone owes me money, but when I got the judge to grant it, filed the paper work ect.....that is when I was told it would cost me $1,000 for them to carry it out. I have not done that yet because I don't have the money, but I was wondering if the paperwork is still valid or if I would have to pay again to refile the papers when I had the money to do it?

Anyway, thank you for the explaination. It was very helpful.