[Caption] TO THE PROTHONOTARY: Enter objection to the sheriff’s determination of ownership of the property: Date: (Objector, Attorney, or Agent)
Rule 3260.Objection to sheriff’s determination.
Adopted August 30, 1965 · Last amended August 30, 1965 · Last verified June 30, 2026
In one sentenceThis rule supplies the form a party files with the prothonotary to object to the sheriff's determination of ownership in an interpleader — the step that pushes the dispute to the court.
Full Text of Rule 3260
Plain-English Summary
This rule prints the short form used to object to the sheriff’s interpleader determination. Addressed to the prothonotary, it enters the objector’s objection to the sheriff’s determination of ownership of the property.
Filing it is what moves the contest from the sheriff’s preliminary call to a court decision on title. By giving a standard, minimal form, the rule makes the objection easy to file while creating the record that triggers the next stage of the interpleader.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does a party contest the sheriff's determination?
By filing this objection with the prothonotary, objecting to the sheriff's determination of ownership.
What does filing the objection do?
It moves the dispute from the sheriff's preliminary determination to a court decision on title.
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: objection to sheriff's determination form