Rule 64 Seizure of Property

If you're involved in a lawsuit and need to have property seized to make sure you can collect on a judgment later, this rule tells you where to look for the process. It doesn't create new rights on its own. Instead, it points to the existing laws of the Commonwealth to figure out when and how property can be seized.

This matters if you're worried the other side might sell off assets, hide money, or otherwise make it hard for you to collect what you're owed if you win your case. Options like attachment (freezing property before judgment) or garnishment (taking wages or funds) fall under this rule, but the specific rules for using them come from separate Commonwealth statutes, not from this rule itself.

In short, this rule works as a bridge. It connects your civil case to the local laws that spell out the actual steps for seizing property, whether that happens at the start of the case or while it's still going on.