Rule 3208. Bond; more than one execution.
(a) The bond shall name the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as obligee, with security approved by the prothonotary, and shall be conditioned that claimant shall maintain the claim to the property or pay its value to the persons entitled thereto with costs.
(b) The claimant may file a bond without security and without order of court as to household goods and furnishings levied on by the sheriff in the household of the claimant. The court may, upon petition of the claimant and after notice and hearing, permit the filing of the claimant’s own bond without security as to any other property levied on by the sheriff.
(c) A claimant who files a bond in double the valuation of the property shall not be required during the pendency of the interpleader proceedings to file another bond in any subsequent execution against the same property but the subsequent execution creditor shall be made a party to the pending interpleader proceedings.
Source The provisions of this Rule 3208 adopted August 30, 1965, effective March 1, 1966; amended April 8, 1997, effective July 1, 1997, 27 Pa.B. 2045. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (213437) to (213438).
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