Rule 2966.Notice of Judgment and Execution Required by Rule 2958.3. Form.

This notice travels with the writ of execution under Rule 2958.3, when the levy reaches personal property. It states the amount of the judgment, explains that it was entered without prior notice or hearing on a confession the defendant allegedly signed, and says the court has issued a writ directing the sheriff to take the defendant’s money or other property.

It then lays out the defendant’s rights. A defendant whose property has been taken may get it back if they did not voluntarily, intelligently and knowingly give up the constitutional right to notice and hearing before judgment, or if they have defenses or other valid objections. To claim a prompt hearing on the waiver question, the defendant must immediately fill out and sign the petition to strike that comes with the writ, the Rule 2967 form, and deliver it to the sheriff at the address given. The notice warns that it will be too late to regain the property once the sheriff sells it or turns it over to the plaintiff.

It also sets the general deadline in capital letters: a petition for relief must be filed and presented to a judge within thirty days after service. The lawyer-referral paragraph and the plaintiff’s attorney’s contact details follow.