Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 7147. Assignment of claims, etc.

Any tax or municipal claim filed or to be filed, under the provisions of this act, and any judgment recovered thereon, may be assigned or transferred to a third party, either absolutely or as collateral security for an amount to be determined by the municipality or other assignor.  The lien of such tax or municipal claim assigned shall continue as a tax or municipal claim in favor of the assignee.  An assignee, upon assignment or reassignment of such tax or municipal claim not originating as a use-plaintiff claim of a nonmunicipality, shall have and enjoy the same rights, privileges and remedies as were held by the assigning municipality to enforce and collect the assigned tax or municipal claim under the provisions of this act or any other laws applicable to the collection and enforcement of tax or municipal claims.  A third party, upon assignment or reassignment of a use-plaintiff municipal claim originating with a nonmunicipality, shall have and enjoy the same rights, privileges and remedies as the original holder thereof to enforce and collect the assigned use-plaintiff municipal claim under the provisions of this act and any other laws applicable to the collection and enforcement of use-plaintiff municipal claims.  A defendant, upon the assignment or reassignment of such tax, municipal claim or use-plaintiff municipal claim to a third party, shall have and enjoy the same rights and defenses under the provisions of this act and any other laws applicable to the collection and enforcement of taxes, tax claims, municipal claims and use-plaintiff municipal claims against the assignee that the defendant held against the assignor.

Where the tax or municipal claim has been paid in full by one of several defendants therein, whether originally named as such or allowed to intervene and defend, it shall be satisfied of record as to him, and marked to his use as against the other defendants, pro rata, according to their respective interests in the property bound by the claim.