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Endorsement of time - 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 8142

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     § 8142.  Endorsement of time.
        (a)  Recorder of deeds.--The recorder of deeds shall endorse
     upon each mortgage and defeasible deed and on the record
     thereof, the time when each is left for record.
        (b)  Recorded verdicts, etc.--The person who records a
     verdict or a judgment or other order rendered in open court
     shall endorse on the record thereof the time it was recorded.
        (c)  Orders signed by a judge.--The judge who signs a
     judgment or other order shall endorse thereon the time he signed
     it.
        (d)  Writs and amicable judgments.--The office of the clerk
     of the court of common pleas shall endorse upon:
            (1)  Each instrument on which an amicable judgment is
        entered or which otherwise creates a lien against real
        property, the time it was left for entry or filing.
            (2)  Each writ creating a lien against real property, the
        time it was issued.
        (e)  Docket entries.--The office of the clerk of the court of
     common pleas shall note on the dockets in such office where each
     verdict, judgment, order, instrument or writ creating a lien
     against real property is entered, the time it was recorded,
     rendered, left for filing, or issued.

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