Rule 1737 Modification of Terms of Supersedeas
Chapter 17: Effect of Appeals; Supersedeas and Stays
Rule Text
(a) The trial court or the appellate court, may at any time, upon application of any party and after notice and opportunity for hearing:
(1) require security of a party otherwise exempt from the requirement of filing security upon cause shown;
(2) strike off security improperly filed;
(3) permit the substitution of surety and enter an exoneration of the former surety; or
(4) increase, decrease, eliminate, or otherwise alter the amount or type of any security that has been or is to be filed by a party, upon cause shown for the modification.
(b) The parties may at any time stipulate to the type or amount of security and, upon filing, such a written stipulation will act to set the terms of a supersedeas of the judgment to the same extent as would an order of the court.
Amendment history: The provisions of this Rule 1737 amended June 7, 2016, effective October 1, 2016, 46 Pa.B. 3232. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (358855).