Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 22633. Balance of account to be a lien; proceedings to enforce lien; limitation

The balance of account, as shown by the settlement filed as aforesaid, shall constitute a lien on the real estate of the officer, so indebted, and his sureties from the date of the filing thereof, which lien shall continue for the period of five years from the date of filing. A writ of scire facias to enforce the lien shall be issued thereon within six months, which shall contain a clause warning the sureties, or the executors or administrators of the officer or of his sureties, to appear and make defense, and the case shall thereupon be proceeded with to final judgment, according to law.