Section 3290. Order Upon Default or Admission  


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  • The court shall, without further notice or hearing, enter an order directing the prothonotary to mark the judgment satisfied, released and discharged if

    (1) no answer is filed within the required time to a petition which contains a notice to defend and notice has been given as provided by Rule 237.1 et seq., or

    (2) an answer is filed which does not deny the allegations in the petition that the judgment creditor has purchased, directly or indirectly, the real property sold in an execution sale on the judgment creditor’s judgment and has failed to file a timely petition to fix the fair market value of the real property under Section 8103(a) of the Judicial Code.

The provisions of this Rule 3290 adopted December 6, 1996, effective January 1, 1997, 26 Pa.B. 6068.