Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 4000.1709. Collection of fines, fees, etc.

(a) Lien.--All fines, fees, interest and penalties and any other assessments shall be collectible in any manner provided by law for the collection of debts.  If the person liable to pay any such amount neglects or refuses to pay the same after demand, the amount, together with interest and any costs that may accrue, shall be a judgment in favor of the Commonwealth or the host municipality, as the case may be, upon the property of such person, but only after same has been entered and docketed of record by the prothonotary of the county where such property is situated.  The Commonwealth or host municipality, as the case may be, may at any time transmit to the prothonotaries of the respective counties certified copies of all such judgments, and it shall be the duty of each prothonotary to enter and docket the same of record in his office, and to index the same as judgments are indexed, without requiring the payment of costs as a condition precedent to the entry thereof.

(b) Deposit of fines.--All fines collected pursuant to sections 1704 and 1705   1 shall be paid into the Solid Waste Abatement Fund.