Rule 2964.Notice of Judgment and Execution Required by Rule 2958.1. Form.

The advance-notice route of Rule 2958.1 uses this form, served at least thirty days before the plaintiff files a praecipe for execution. Addressed to the defendant, it states the amount of the judgment and explains that it was entered without any prior notice or hearing, based on a confession of judgment in a written agreement or other paper the defendant allegedly signed. It warns that the sheriff may take the defendant’s money or other property at any time after thirty days from service, and that the defendant may have legal rights to defeat the judgment or keep the property from being taken.

In capital letters, the notice tells the defendant to file a petition for relief and present it to a judge within thirty days after service or risk losing those rights, the same deadline Rule 2959(a)(3) sets. It urges the defendant to take the paper to a lawyer and names an office that can give information about hiring one, or about agencies offering legal services to eligible persons at a reduced fee or no fee. The plaintiff’s attorney’s address and telephone number close the form.