As amended through November 4, 2016
Rule 323 - Assignees For Creditors(a) Assignees for the benefit of creditors and receivers shall, after they have entered security, give notice of their appointment, to every creditor and party in interest of whom they have knowledge, and shall also publish notice thereof once a week for two successive weeks in the Mercer County Law Journal and in one newspaper of general circulation published within the county.(b) The assignee shall file with the account a petition for distribution in form similar to that of petitions for distribution required by the Orphans' Court Division of this Court and all such accounts and petitions for distribution shall be filed in the office of the Prothonotary.(c) The assignee shall give written notice of the filing of the account, the petition for distribution and of the call for the audit or confirmation thereof to all interested parties. Such notice shall be given by mailing to the last known address of such parties, at least three weeks before the presentation of the account to the court, and shall also be published by the Prothonotary for two successive weeks in one newspaper of general circulation published in Mercer County and in the Mercer County Law Journal.(d) Any account filed for audit and confirmation shall be audited preliminarily by the Prothonotary and then presented to the court, together with the proofs of publication and proof of the giving of the required notice to interested parties at the time fixed for the audit or confirmation thereof. If no exceptions have been filed, the account may be confirmed absolutely.Adopted July 19, 2004, effective 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.