Writ of Execution in Pennsylvania and levy of personal property?
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You really need to touch base with a local attorney on this one.  I'm not familiar with PA law.  I took a look at the statutes and it's got me confused.  It does not really define what "personal property" is, nor does it even tell me if you can legally seize such property resulting from such suits, unless it was a "secured" debt.  \n\nIn Michigan and many other states, they can't take your furniture unless it was the furniture store who was the creditor, and they sued you.\n\nCredit Card companies would have to go after bank accounts, wages, or "real property" which is defined as real estate, auto's/cars/boats, or similar property that is licensed or deeded.  That way (I assume) they can prove you are the sole owner.  They can not seize a car if it's jointly owned, or bank account if they are joint.   \n\nBut PA may be differant, so chat with an attorney.
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Take the property address and got the county recorder's office to do the research.  You should be able to find out there if it is in fact private property.  Just because something is open to the public doesn't make it public property.  Besides, trying to gather signatures on at a cemetery were people have come to grieve and bury their dead is rude and disrespectful.
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There would definitely be a statute of limitations for a misdemeanor charge.  Here is a link to Pennsylvania's Code to find details:
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In 1915, John Talap, a convicted murderer from Montgomery County, was the first person executed in the chair. On April 2, 1962, Elmo Lee Smith, another convicted murderer from Montgomery County, was the last of 350 people, including two women, to die in the Pennsylvania electric chair. \n\nExecutions in Pennsylvania were carried out by hanging from the time the first colonists arrived in the late 1600s. In 1834, Pennsylvania became the first state in the union to abolish public hangings; and, for the next eight decades, each county was responsible for carrying out its own "private hangings" within the walls of its county jail. The responsibility for executing capital cases passed to the state in 1913 when the electric chair took the place of the gallows. \n\nThe location of the chair selected by the state legislature was the new Western Penitentiary in Centre County, now known as the State Correctional Institution at Rockview. Although capital punishment by electrocution was authorized by legislation in 1913, neither the chair nor the institution were ready for occupancy until 1915. \n\nFrom 1915 until 1962, there were a total of 350 persons executed in the chair, two of whom were women. The last person to be so executed was Elmo Smith, a Montgomery County case tried on a change of venue in Gettysburg, Adams County. Smith was executed on April 2, 1962, for the rape/slaying of a seventeen-year old girl. Coincidentally, the first person executed in the chair
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The case is "Pye v. Graham."  It was regarding adverse possession and land rights in the UK.  A pretty thorough recap of the facts and decision in the case can be found at the following:\n\nhttp://www.garywebber.co.uk/propertylawuk/pyegraham.htm
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The Fourth Amendment protection against "unreasonable searches and seizures" was adopted as a protection against the widespread invasions of privacy experienced by American colonists at the hands of the British Government. So-called "writs of assistance" gave royal officers broad discretion to conduct searches of the homes of private citizens, primarily as a way of discovering violations of strict British customs laws. This practice led to a unique awareness among our Founding Fathers of the threat to individual liberty and privacy that is created by unchecked government search powers.
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Unless you get a lawyer to contest the forfeiture it will happen.  They don't have to goto court under the law.  All they must show is that the money was tied into illegal operations.  This is a lower standard then finding you gulity of a crime.  If the money was tied into a drug business in any way, at any time then legally they can take it.
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The grading of Crimes REALLY depends on the state.\nSo to answer your question I will use my own state's (Pennsylvania) law.\nIn Pennsylvania following grades of crime exist:\n\n   (1) Murder of the first degree, of the second degree or of the third degree, first degree murder of an unborn child, second degree murder of  an unborn child or third degree murder of an unborn child. (Possible death sentence or life in prison)\n \n   (2) Felony of the first degree. Example: Voluntary manslaughter -- 10+ years in jail.\n \n   (3) Felony of the second degree. <10 years in jail example: involuntary manslaughter\n \n   (4) Felony of the third degree. <7 years. example: Aggravated harassment \n \n   (5) Misdemeanor of the first degree. <5. example: possession of a Prohibited offensive weapons,\n \n   (6) Misdemeanor of the second degree. <2. example: False imprisonment\n \n   (7) Misdemeanor of the third degree. <1. example: Simple assault committed in a fight or scuffle entered into by mutual consent\n\nThere are also so called "Summary offenses" usually punishable by fines. For example: Parking Tickets
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Ask an attorney, you don't want to do anything illegal and then get the shaft in the end. I thought that he could write a will and sign his money over to you, that way it's not in his name. Or, you can use it to pay his hospice nurses. But most importantly I would ask a lawyer
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Find yourself a probate attorney quickly.  \n\nIf your brother is the executor of the estate, it is probably within his power to sell the land, though, as he will be empowered to do with the property as he sees fit.  You are, assuming you are named in the will (if there is a will), entitled to whatever portion of the proceeds from that sale that you have been designated to receive.  You probably won't see this money until it has been submitted to probate court in the final accounting of the estate though.  I have a hard time believing that you don't have a death certificate for your father if he died over 6 months ago.  Although, I don't really see the relevance in this instance.  A probate attorney will probably advise you to make sure that all of your father's property was inventoried properly.  If he died intestate, then you have a whole other mess.  Bottom line, find a probate attorney.\n\nYou could start your search in your yellow pages or www.martindale.com
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There are all sorts of legal remedies against the person if they do that.  What is very common is for people to be dissatisfied with the execution of a will and falsely claim that others such as the attorney and executor have abused their position.
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As usual with law-related questions on Yahoo! Answers, far too little information has been given to answer this question adequately.  Texas is a community property state, which means that unique laws apply to possession of property.  If the decedant received the real property and mineral rights as premarital property, a gift to one spouse, or through an inheritance, it is considered separate property.  If the property is community property, the decedant has the testamentary capacity to device his half of the community property.  In Texas, community property has a survivorship aspect, and the 1/2 goes to the widow or widower in absence of  a will.  From the limited and incomplete facts presented, the surviving spouse, assuming the decedent died without a will, should receive the entire sum of community property.\n\nWithout more specific information, this is the extent of the information I can offer.  I recommend you seek an inheritance attorney for the specifics of this information.
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Trot down to the probate court.  They have to open an "estate" and the will should be on file there.
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Not entirely sure I'm following your question.  \n\nIs it lawful for me to apply for and receive a search warrant for the premises of a dead person?  You betcha'...it would make murder investigations pretty difficult if not.  \n\nDoes there have to be PC to believe a prosecutable crime will be discovered?  Apples and oranges.  Search warrants are issued (at least in California), under the following conditions:\n\n(1) When the property was stolen or embezzled.\n(2) When the property or things were used as the means of\ncommitting a felony.\n(3) When the property or things are in the possession of any person with the intent to use them as a means of committing a public offense, or in the possession of another to whom he or she may have delivered them for the purpose of concealing them or preventing their being discovered.\n(4) When the property or things to be seized consist of any item or constitute any evidence that tends to show a felony has been committed, or tends to show that a particular person has committed a felony.\n(5) When the property or things to be seized consist of evidence that tends to show that sexual exploitation of a child, in violation of Section 311.3, or possession of matter depicting sexual conduct of a person under the age of 18 years, in violation of Section 311.11, has occurred or is occurring.\n(6) When there is a warrant to arrest a person.\n(7) When a provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service has records or evidence, as specified in Section 1524.3, showing that property was stolen or embezzled constituting a misdemeanor, or that property or things are in the possession of any person with the intent to use them as a means of committing a misdemeanor public offense, or in the possession of another to whom he or she may have delivered them for the purpose of concealing them or preventing their discovery.\n(8) When the property or things to be seized include an item or any evidence that tends to show a violation of Section 3700.5 of the Labor Code, or tends to show that a particular person has violated Section 3700.5 of the Labor Code.\n\nSo if any of these conditions apply, a search warrant can be issued.  I'm not sure what you mean by a "prosecutable crime," so it's a little tough to know how to answer you on this point.  All crimes are prosecutable unless there is some legal bar to prosecution (statute of limitations, etc).  \n\nIf I develop probable cause to indicate a stolen TV is in your house, I can seek a search warrant to seize it.  Even though you may not know anything about the TV, and may not even know it's in your house and therefore aren't going to be prosecuted for it, a search warrant can still be issued because the property is stolen.\n\nYou're also asking about PC for an unchargeable crime...and again, I'm not really certain what that means.  Let's take the TV example above, and throw in there that the statute of limitations for that crime has passed.  The TV is still stolen (and other sections would apply as well), so I can still get a search warrant.  \n\nIf you have a specific set of facts, they might be helpful in developing a better answer for you instead of the fairly generic question you've posted.  You're welcome to contact me if you think I can help more with this.
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You can not, \n\nPeople can do thier own will, so only they may know about it, or close family.\n\nPeople use an attorney, so only they and their attorney will know about it.\n\nIf the will is executed ( they should normally go though probate court)  if they did, then the court will have a copy but will also insure that everyone who is suppose to get money does.\n\nIn the end, the only way to find out, is to ask family.
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Property taxes are a matter of civil law.  If a jurisdiction gets a civil judgment against a military member the military will garnish the member's pay to satisfy the judgment.
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I means the owner of a handgun does not have to have an FFl to sell his personal collection. He still can't sell to a minor or known felon. This practice is still in force here in Ohio. I am a collector and buy privates sales occasionally. the risk is if it turns out to be a stolen guns you can't get your kinkies back....