231 Pa. Code r. 1026 - Time for Filing. Notice to Plead

(a) Except as provided by Rule 1042.4 or by subdivision (b) of this rule, every pleading subsequent to the complaint shall be filed within twenty days after service of the preceding pleading, but no pleading need be filed unless the preceding pleading contains a notice to defend or is endorsed with a notice to plead.

(b) A defendant served outside the United States shall have sixty days from service of the complaint within which to plead.

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231 Pa. Code r. 1026

The provisions of this Rule 1026 amended through June 20, 1985, effective 1/1/1986, 15 Pa.B. 2452; amended January 27, 2003, effective immediately, 33 Pa.B. 748; amended October 15, 2004, effective immediately, 34 Pa.B. 5889.