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Procedure on attachment of the person - 20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 782

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     § 782.  Procedure on attachment of the person.
        (a)  Direction of writs.--A writ of attachment of the person
     shall be directed to and executed by the sheriff of the county
     in which the court or branch of the court is located or of any
     county where the person to be attached is located.
        (b)  Discharge of person attached for contempt.--Any person
     attached for contempt may be discharged from custody by the
     orphans' court division upon purging himself of contempt to the
     satisfaction of the division by whose order he was attached.

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