Armstrong Cnty. C.P. Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 528

Security

(a) When realty is offered to satisfy a monetary condition

of bail, in full or in combination with other forms of security,

a completed affidavit of surety and surety information page

(including a warrant of attorney for confession of judgment)

must be submitted to the Clerk of Courts. The affidavit and the

surety information page shall be in such form as the Clerk may

prescribe from time to time.

(b) The affidavit of surety and the surety information page

shall be signed by the defendant and by all owners of the realty

being offered as security if the realty is not owned by the

defendant

(c) Attached to each affidavit of surety submitted pursuant to

paragraph (a), above, shall be the following:

(i) a photocopy of the deed, decree of distribution

or other instrument of record, bearing all

pertinent recording data, by which title was

acquired, and

(ii) the written certification by a lawyer licensed to

practice law in the Commonwealth certifying the

names of the current owners of record of the

realty, certifying that good and marketable title

is vested in them, and further certifying the

nature, holder and unpaid balance of each lien

that then encumbers the realty, including, but

not limited to, mortgage, judgment and tax liens.

A title insurance policy with the County of

Armstrong appearing as a named insured may be

Substituted for the lawyer’s written

certification.

(d) The Clerk of Courts shall make the determination of

whether the net value of the property is sufficient to satisfy

the monetary condition. For property located outside the

Commonwealth but within the United States, the Clerk may impose

reasonable conditions designed to perfect the lien. The Clerk

shall not accept realty outside the Commonwealth as fulfillment

of the monetary condition, in whole or in part, without special

approval of Court.

(e) The Clerk of Courts shall, as final acceptance of the

realty as security, cause of judgment to be confessed against

all owners thereof in the appropriate county, in favor of the

Commonwealth for the use of Armstrong County. The Clerk of

Courts in hereby authorized to execute all judgment lien

releases for property that may be encumbered by the judgment

lien, but not intended to serve as security, and is further

authorized to cause the judgment lien to be marked as satisfied

after the full and final disposition of the case. The Clerk

shall file a certificate among the papers of the criminal case

certifying that judgment has been entered and setting forth the

pertinent details of entry.

(f) A fee shall be paid to the Clerk of Courts at the time

of the submission of the affidavit of surety. The amount of the

fee shall be determined from time to time by Order of the Court.

No cost arising from the perfection, release or satisfaction of

a judgment lien shall be paid by the Clerk, but shall be borne

by the defendant or a surety.