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Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 9501. Writs, warrants and process. - (a) A Justice of the Peace Court may issue all...
§ 9502. Summons for witnesses. - A Justice of the Peace Court may issue summons for...
§ 9503. Power to administer oaths. - A justice of the peace may administer oaths in all...
§ 9504. Adjournments. - A justice of the peace may adjourn cases on trial...
§ 9505. Advice to litigants on right of appeal. - After entering judgment in all civil and criminal cases, the...
§ 9506. Civil contempt; penalty. - A justice of the peace shall have the power to...
Subchapter II. Civil Actions for Debt
§ 9521. Mode of proceeding. - The proceeding in any civil action for debt, as described...
§ 9522. Issuance and requirements of summons. - The writ of summons in an action under this subchapter...
§ 9523. Form of summons. - The summons in an action under this subchapter shall be...
§ 9524. Service of summons; verification for default judgment. - (a) Service of a summons in an action under this...
§ 9525. Deposit for cost; representation of an artificial entity. - (a) No civil action shall be brought before any justice...
§ 9526. Time for hearing. - In an action under this subchapter, the time appointed in...
§ 9527. Adjournments. - (a) A hearing in an action under this subchapter may...
§ 9528. Requirement of special bail for certain adjournments. - In an action under this subchapter, if the summons is...
§ 9529. Discharge of special bail. - Special bail shall be discharged if the defendant appears, or...
§ 9530. Proceedings against special bail; scire facias. - (a) If special bail is not discharged as provided by...
§ 9531. Depositions of nonresidents. - (a) In an action under this subchapter, if it appears,...
§ 9532. Form of subpoena. - (a) A subpoena for attendance of witnesses in actions under...
§ 9533. Failure to appear; penalty. - If a witness, duly summoned, neglects to appear and testify...
§ 9534. Form of attachment for contempt. - The form of an attachment under § 9533 of this...
§ 9535. Form of distress warrant. - The distress warrant to be used for levy on a...
§ 9536. Setoff or counterclaim. - (a) In every action before a justice of the peace,...
§ 9537. Failure of defendant to appear; adjournment or judgment by default. - (a) After verification of the return of service, if a...
§ 9538. Application to vacate default judgment. - (a) A defendant may, within 15 days after the day...
§ 9539. Failure of plaintiff to appear; adjournment or dismissal. - If a plaintiff litigating a civil suit fails to appear...
§ 9540. Entry of judgment; endorsement on cause of action. - Every justice of the peace, upon entering judgment upon any...
§ 9541. Costs. - (a) Whichever party recovers judgment shall recover that party's costs...
§ 9542. Judgments against executor or administrator. - (a) Every judgment against an executor, or administrator, as such,...
§ 9543. Setting aside judgment on warrant of attorney. - (a) If any defendant in a judgment on warrant of...
§ 9544. Six months stay of execution. - (a) Upon every judgment given by the Court against a...
§ 9545. Nine months stay of execution; security. - (a) If any defendant against whom a judgment is given...
§ 9546. Transfer of judgment to Superior Court docket after stay of execution. - (a) Whenever a defendant in any judgment described under §...
§ 9547. Execution process. - (a) Process of execution may be issued by the Justice...
§ 9548. Form of execution process. - The form of execution process will be as prescribed by...
§ 9549. Garnishees; time for appearance; pleadings. - (a) The day fixed for the garnishees' appearance shall not...
§ 9550. Proceeding by garnishee charging collusion. - (a) Any person summoned to answer under an execution attachment...
§ 9551. Appeal from proceeding by garnishee. - (a) In any proceeding under § 9550 of this title,...
§ 9552. Time of binding of goods and chattels by execution; duration of lien. - An execution shall not bind goods and chattels until it...
§ 9553. Levy; inventory. - (a) The goods and chattels seized by virtue of an...
§ 9554. Sale of goods levied upon; advertisement. - (a) The goods and chattels taken on execution issued by...
§ 9555. Priority of liens. - If several executions against the same defendant are delivered on...
§ 9556. Duty of constable or sheriff upon receipt of execution; return of execution. - (a) A constable, or other officer, receiving an execution, shall,...
§ 9557. Venditioni exponas; issuance; requirements; effect. - (a) If there has been a levy made, but no...
§ 9558. Form of venditioni exponas. - The venditioni exponas shall be in the following form: “...
§ 9560. Failure to pay over proceeds from execution. - If any sheriff, or constable, levies or receives any sum...
§ 9561. Failure on return to produce receipt of proceeds. - (a) If any constable, to whom an execution is delivered,...
§ 9562. Necessity of judgment and execution docket. - There shall be a judgment and execution docket for each...
§ 9563. Judgment docket. - Every justice of the peace shall make a fair entry,...
§ 9564. Execution docket. - Every justice of the peace shall make a fair entry...
§ 9565. Indexing of dockets. - The indexing of the judgment and execution dockets shall be...
§ 9566. Entry of judgment satisfaction by justice. - Whenever it appears by the return to, or the proceedings...
§ 9567. Entry of judgment satisfaction by creditor or execution officer. - (a) The creditor in any judgment before a justice of...
§ 9569. Transfer of judgment to Superior Court; lien on real estate. - (a) Judgments entered into the judgment docket in the Justice...
§ 9570. Right to appeal. - (a) A party against whom a judgment is given by...
§ 9571. Appeal in civil actions. - (a) From any final order, ruling, decision or judgment of...
§ 9572. Proceedings on appeal. - (a) The appellant shall have the appellant's appeal entered in...
§ 9573. Execution upon striking of appeal. - (a) Whenever an appeal is struck off, the justice shall,...
§ 9574. Abatement and dismissal. - (a) If an appellant does not duly enter the appellant's...
§ 9576. Remedy against deceased surety; assignment of creditor's remedies to surety. - (a) If a surety liable to execution dies before execution...
§ 9577. Forms. - The form of a scire facias shall be as follows:...
§ 9578. Survival of actions; parties. - (a) The death of a party shall not abate any...
§ 9579. Issuance, service and return of writ; proceedings. - A scire facias may be issued by the justice rendering...
§ 9580. Endorsement and docketing; assignment of judgment. - (a) The justice of the peace shall endorse on the...
§ 9581. Revival of judgments. - (a) No execution shall be issued on a judgment after...
§ 9582. Proceeding by attachment. - In lieu of proceeding by summons in any civil action...
§ 9583. Issuance of writ; affidavit. - (a) A justice shall issue a writ of attachment on...
§ 9584. Form of writ; form of Garnishee's Notice of Service. - (a) The form of a writ of attachment shall be...
§ 9585. Goods and chattels subject to attachment; notice; judgment; creditors. - (a) If any goods, or chattels, are taken on any...
§ 9586. Service on garnishee; compelling attendance. - (a) The service of an attachment on a garnishee may...
§ 9587. Process to compel appearance of garnishee. - The form of process to be used for compelling the...
§ 9588. Garnishment proceedings. - (a) The plaintiff, in his or her election, may require...
§ 9589. Dissolution of attachment. - (a) If the original debtor appears at the Court at...
§ 9590. Delivery of goods to constable; defense of garnishee; liability of constable. - (a) A garnishee summoned on any attachment shall be allowed,...
Subchapter III. Trespass Actions
§ 9611. Statement of injury; affidavit denying agency; counterclaims, cross-claims and third-party actions. - (a) In trespass actions under § 9301 of this title,...
§ 9612. Form of summons. - The summons under this subchapter shall be in the form...
§ 9614. Right to appeal. - In all cases of trespass, there shall be the same...
Subchapter IV. Replevin and Detinue
§ 9631. Mode of proceeding. - The proceeding before justices of the peace in actions of...
§ 9632. Statement of claims. - In replevin actions, the plaintiff shall file a written statement...
§ 9633. Procedure. - (a) In a proceeding under this subchapter, the service of...
§ 9634. Form of writ. - The writ shall be of the following form: “ County,...
§ 9637. Judgments. - (a) In a proceeding under this subchapter, if the defendant...
§ 9638. Lien of judgment on real estate. - Any judgment entered under this subchapter may be made a...
§ 9639. Fees. - In proceedings under this subchapter, witnesses shall have the same...
§ 9640. Appeals. - Appeals shall be allowed from judgments given by justices of...