(a) General rule.-- Except as otherwise provided in this section, a judicial or other sale of real estate shall not affect the lien of a mortgage thereon, if the lien of the mortgage is or shall be prior to all other liens upon the same property except: (1) Other mortgages, ground rents and purchase money due the Commonwealth. (2) Taxes, municipal claims and assessments, not at the date of the mortgage duly entered as a lien in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas. (3) Taxes, municipal claims and assessments whose lien though afterwards accruing has by law priority given it. (b) Property of a decedent, etc.-- A judicial sale of the property shall divest the lien of a mortgage to the extent authorized by the court pursuant to the following provisions of Title 20 (relating to decedents, estates and fiduciaries): Section 3353 (relating to order of court). Section 3357 (relating to title of purchaser). (c) Sale on prior lien.-- A judicial or other sale of real estate in proceedings under a prior judgment or a prior ground rent, or in foreclosure of a prior mortgage, shall discharge a mortgage later in lien. (d) Unseated lands.-- Subsection (a) shall not apply to mortgages upon unseated lands or sales of unseated lands for taxes. CHAPTER 83 PARTICULAR RIGHTS AND IMMUNITIES Subchapter A. Rights of Action B. Contribution Among Tort-feasors C. Immunities Generally C.1. Protected Public Expression D. Defamation E. Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings F. Corporate Directors' Liability (Repealed) F.1. Successor Business Entity Liability G. Special Damages H. Drug Nuisances Prior Provisions. Former Chapter 83, which related to bases of jurisdiction, was added November 15, 1972, P.L.1063, No.271, and repealed July 9, 1976, P.L.586, No.142, effective 60 days from the date of final enactment of the act of April 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53. The subject matter is now contained in Chapter 53 of this title. SUBCHAPTER A RIGHTS OF ACTION Sec. 8301. Death action. 8302. Survival action. 8303. Action for performance of a duty required by law. 8304. Damages in actions on bad checks. 8305. Actions for wrongful birth and wrongful life. 8306. Defense against claim for injury sustained in utero barred. 8307. Action by parent, guardian or other custodian for damages in the sale or transfer of controlled substances to a child. 8308. Damages in actions on retail theft. 8309. Civil rights violations. 8310. Damages in actions on thefts of leased property. 8311. Damages in actions for conversion of timber. 8312. Profits received as a result of commission of crime. 8313. Agricultural crop destruction. 8314. Assault with biological agent on animal, fowl or honey bees. 8315. Damages in actions for identity theft. 8316. Unauthorized use of name or likeness. 8316.1. Damages in actions for unlawful dissemination of intimate image. 8316.2. Contracts or agreements for nondisclosure of certain conduct. 8317. Actions involving products or services used to invade privacy. 8318. Terrorism action. 8319. Ecoterrorism. 8320. Commemorative service demonstration action. 8320.1. Action for protected public expression.
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