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Ex. MET-PHL-056 Order Primary source read

President Judge Administrative Order No. 18 of 2021

In re: Moratorium on Philadelphia Sheriff's Mortgage Foreclosure and Tax Sales

President Judge Idee C. Fox · First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County) · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania
Level
Court
Authority
Pa.R.J.A. 1952; the American Rescue Plan Act homeowner-assistance funding (recited)
Issued
2021-04-29 Apr. 29, 2021
Effective
2021-04-29
End
September 2021 (procedures set by Order 20 of 2021, July 23, 2021; expiration addressed by Order 40 of 2021, Nov. 19, 2021, court index) (read as 2021-07-23)
In force
Apr. 29, 2021 to July 23, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • the Sheriff of Philadelphia; mortgage lenders and servicers; the City as tax lienholder; homeowners
Functions reached
  • ML SV mortgage servicing and foreclosure
  • CL title and closings on sheriff-sale properties
  • CT
Collection
Philadelphia MET-PHL

Operative words

1) All Philadelphia County Sheriff's Mortgage Foreclosure Sales and Tax Sales are stayed until September 2021, provided that, consistent with the process to be set forth by subsequent Order of this Court, the Property subject to Sheriff Sale does not qualify for a further stay as ordered by the court. 2) All writs in the hands of the Sheriff are deemed reissued, effective this date, at no further cost...

Enforcement

Court order

Notes

A Q3 2021 instrument for financial services and real estate: no Philadelphia sheriff's foreclosure or tax sale until September 2021