[Caption] To the Sheriff: 1. The property listed below and levied upon in this case is not the property of the defendant but is the property of the undersigned. A list of the claimed property and the values thereof are: List of Property Value 2. The claimant obtained title to the property as follows:
Rule 3258.Property claim.
Adopted August 30, 1965 · Last amended August 30, 1965 · Last verified June 30, 2026
In one sentenceThis rule supplies the form of the property claim a third party files with the sheriff to assert that levied property is the claimant's, not the defendant's.
Full Text of Rule 3258
Plain-English Summary
This rule prints the property-claim form that starts a sheriff’s interpleader. Addressed to the sheriff, it states that the listed, levied property is not the defendant’s but belongs to the undersigned claimant, and it carries the list of property the claim covers.
It is the form the interpleader rules call for when a third party asserts ownership of seized goods. Supplying a standard form makes sure the claim conveys what the sheriff and the execution creditor need — what is claimed and by whom — to set the interpleader in motion.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does a third party formally claim seized property?
By filing this property-claim form with the sheriff, stating that the listed property is the claimant's, not the defendant's.
What does the form state?
That the levied property belongs to the claimant rather than the defendant, with a list of the property claimed.
Official Note
Official Note: Adopted August 30, 1965, effective March 1, 1966.
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: property claim formthird party claim form