Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Exemptions

Federal or State Exemptions are Allowed

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In general, a debtor may claim exemption of certain personal property from attachment or execution or forced sale for the payment of debts such as:

• wearing apparel,

• bibles and school books,

• sewing machines belonging to seamstresses or used and owned by private families, but not including sewing machines kept for sale or hire, and

• uniforms and accouterments;

• qualified retirement funds and accounts,

• pension or annuity,

• insurance proceeds,

• social security benefits, and

• workers' compensation benefits. (42 Pa.C.S. § 8124.)

 

NOTE: These are the major bankruptcy exemptions.
Check with your bankruptcy lawyer for a full exemptions list.