Pennsylvania Statutes Title 68 P.S. Real and Personal Property § 322. Distress for rent; sale under execution; priority

Whenever any sheriff shall, pursuant to an execution issued, levy upon any goods and chattels upon which there is at the time a distress for rent, or whenever a receiver, a receiver in bankruptcy, or a trustee in bankruptcy shall be appointed for any person, firm, or corporation upon whose goods and chattels there is at the time a distress warrant for rent, any sale, pursuant to such levy or distress for rent, shall be stayed pending the sale of such goods and chattels by the sheriff, receiver, receiver in bankruptcy, or trustee in bankruptcy; and the sheriff, receiver, receiver in bankruptcy, or trustee in bankruptcy may proceed and sell such goods and chattels, as provided by existing law for sales by such officer, and, in such cases, the claim for rent, together with costs of executing such landlord's warrant, may be filed with the sheriff, the receiver, the receiver in bankruptcy, or the trustee in bankruptcy, as the case may be, and shall be a lien on the proceeds of the sale of such personal property, and be paid first out of the proceeds of such sale.