42 Pa. C.S. § 5529 : Consolidated Statutes — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE — ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER MATTERS GENERALLY — LIMITATION OF TIME — CIVIL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS — Twenty year limitation

(a) Execution against personal propertyAn execution against personal property must be issued within 20 years after the entry of the judgment upon which the execution is to be issued.

(b) Instruments under seal

(1) Notwithstanding section 5525(7) (relating to four year limitation), an action upon an instrument in writing under seal must be commenced within 20 years.

(2) [Deleted by 2018 Amendment.]

42 Pa.C.S. § 5529

Amended by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 46, § 1, eff. 6/25/2018.

1976, July 9, P.L. 586, No. 142, § 2, effective 6/27/1978. Amended 1980, Dec. 5, P.L. 1104, No. 189, § 5, imd. effective; 1982, Dec. 20, P.L. 1409, No. 326, art. II, § 201, effective in 60 days; 1998, June 18, P.L. 536, No. 77, § 1, imd. effective.