| PA foreclosure process Pennsylvania Foreclosure Sale Date:
Sales may be postponed once and rescheduled within the next 100-day period. Any other postponements require a Court order. Bidding instructions are required for all loans. Payment of all settlement charges must be made to the Sheriff within thirty days of the Sale or it may be declared null and void. Title and eviction information must be provided immediately after the Sale in order to calculate settlement charges.
Pennsylvania Foreclosure Complaint Filed:
Sheriff has 30 days in which to serve Complaint or it expires and must be reinstated (usually served on the average within twenty days after Complaint is filed).
Pennsylvania Foreclosure Complaint Served:
Defendants have twenty days to file response to the Complaint. If no response, then Plaintiff must forward ten-day Notice to Defendants.
Judgment Entered And Write Of Possession Issued: If no response to Complaint is filed by Defendants and ten- day Notice expires, judgment may be entered for Possession. Simultaneously, a Writ of Possession is issued and the Sheriff has thirty days to serve the Writ of Possession on Defendant.
Pennsylvania Foreclosure Ejectment Date:
After the Sheriff serves the Writ of Possession, the occupants are given twenty days to move. On the twenty-first day after service of the Writ of Possession, if the occupants have not vacated the premises, the attorney telephones the Sheriff's office to schedule the eviction. The Sheriff will then assign a date for the eviction, which is usually 30 to 90 days from the date the judgment is entered. The client must provide for a moving company and locksmith at the time set by the Sheriff for the lockout. |