VERSION 4
                                                         Modification #4
                                                        October 15, 1999
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     MORE INFORMATION ON APPEAL PROCESS ADDED TO NOTICE OF JUDGMENT

     The Notice of Judgment/Transcript Residential Lease(AOPC 315A) now
includes the following expanded description of the appeal process in
residential lease cases.

          In an action involving a residential lease, any
     party has the right to appeal from a judgment for
     possession within ten days after the date of entry
     of judgment by filing a notice of appeal with the
     Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts of the Court of Common
     Pleas, Civil Division.  This appeal will include an
     appeal of the money judgment, if any.  In order to
     obtain a supersedeas, the appellant must deposit with
     the Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts the lesser of three
     months rent or the rent actually in arrears on the date
     the appeal is filed.
          If a party wishes to appeal only the money portion
     of a judgment involving a residential lease, the party 
     has 30 days after the date of entry of judgment in which
     to file a notice of appeal with the Prothonotary/Clerk of
     Courts of the Court of Common Pleas, Civil Division.
          The party filing an appeal must include a copy of
     this Notice of Judgment/Transcript form with the notice
     of appeal.

 
  NOTICES OF JUDGMENT HAVE SPACE FOR POST JUDGMENT CREDITS & COSTS

     Both the Notice of Judgment/Transcript Residential Lease 
(AOPC 315A) and the Notice of Judgment/Transcript Nonresidential Lease
(AOPC 315B) now include the phrases, "Post Judgment Credits", "Post
Judgment Costs", and "Certified Judgment Total".  These phrases appear
below the Total Judgment, and are followed by blank lines where these
post judgment amounts can be recorded when they apply.


             ADDITION TO CIVIL/LANDLORD TENANT WORKSHEET

     The Civil/Landlord Tenant Worksheet (AOPC 633) now includes a box
with the following statement "Defendants are jointly and severally
liable" so the District Justice can 'X' this decision when "jointly and
severally liable" is appropriate.