58 Pa. Stat. § 601.510

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 601.510 - Collection of fines and penalties

All fines and penalties shall be collectible in any manner provided by law for the collection of debts. If any person liable to pay any such penalty neglects or refuses to pay the same after demand, the amount, together with interest and any costs that may accrue, shall be a judgment in favor of the Commonwealth upon the property of such person, but only after same has been entered and docketed of record by the prothonotary of the county where such property is situated. The department may, at any time, transmit to the prothonotaries of the respective counties certified copies of all judgments, and it shall be the duty of each prothonotary to enter and docket the same of record in his office and to index the same as judgments are indexed, without requiring the payment of costs as a condition precedent to the entry thereof.

58 P.S. § 601.510

1984, Dec. 19, P.L. 1140, No. 223, § 510, effective in 120 days.