(a) As used in this chapter ‘‘Act’’ means Act No. 6 of 1974, approved January 30, 1974, 41 P. S. § 101 et seq. or Act No. 7, approved October 28, 1966 (Special Session No. 1), as amended by the Act of March 25, 1982, No. 68, 69 P. S. § 1101 et seq. ‘‘Action’’ means an action required by the Act as a prerequisite to the issuance of execution upon certain judgments entered by confession. It shall not include an action of mortgage foreclosure.
Rule 2981.Definitions. Conformity to Civil Action.
Last amended April 23, 1985 · Last verified June 30, 2026
In one sentenceThis chapter defines its terms and conforms a statutory action to confirm a confessed judgment to ordinary civil-action practice.
Full Text of Rule 2981
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the procedure shall be in accordance with the rules relating to a civil action.
Plain-English Summary
Some statutes let a creditor turn a confessed judgment into a fully litigated one. This rule opens that chapter: it defines the terms the chapter uses and ties the procedure to the regular rules for a civil action, so the action runs on familiar tracks except where the chapter says otherwise.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does this chapter cover?
A statutory action that conforms or confirms a judgment already entered by confession, bringing it within ordinary civil-action procedure.
Why conform to civil-action practice?
It lets the action use the established rules for pleadings, service, and trial rather than inventing a separate procedure.
Official Note
Official Note: Act No. 6 is known as the Loan Interest and Protection Law. Act No. 7 is known as the Goods and Services Installment Sales Act.
Official Note: The action is required by section 407 of the Act No. 6 of 1974, 41 P. S. § 407, and by section 605 of Act No. 7 of 1966 (Special Session No. 1), as amended, 69 P. S. § 1605.
Amendment History
The provisions of this Rule 2981 amended through April 23, 1985, effective July 1, 1985, 15 Pa.B. 1728. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (87353).
Source & verification. Rule text, the Official Note, and the amendment
history are reproduced verbatim from the Pennsylvania Code, Title 231, the official compilation
of rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Last verified June 30, 2026. ·
Official text
Also known as: conform confessed judgment definitionsstatutory action confessed judgment