Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

44 Pa.C.S. § 7177

Failure to execute process

(a) Scope of section.--This section applies to a constable subject to all of the following:

(1) The constable is entrusted with the execution of a process for the collection of money.

(2) The constable, by neglect of duty, fails to collect the money.

(3) The constable's security is used to pay the money.

(b) Equitable interest.--The person that pays the security under subsection (a)(3):

(1) has an equitable interest in the judgment; and

(2) may collect the judgment in the name of the party that won the judgment.

Official source: Pennsylvania General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Pennsylvania statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.