35 Pa. Stat. § 831.2
Whenever any officer shall discover any vehicle being used as referred to in section one hereof, he shall take possession of such vehicle and shall forthwith deliver possession thereof to the district attorney of the county wherein said seizure occurred, or to the person designated by him, to abide the judgment of the court: Provided, however, That the said vehicle, team, conveyance, craft or receptacle shall be returned to the owner upon the execution by him of a good and valid bond with sufficient sureties in the sum double the value of the vehicle, to be approved by the magistrate, alderman or justice of the peace or a judge of the court of quarter sessions, conditioned that the said vehicle shall be delivered to the district attorney of the county or the person designated by him at the time of the condemnation proceedings, hereinafter provided in this act, to abide the judgment of the court, or otherwise to remain in full force and virtue; said bond to be payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the use of the county in which said conviction is had. Said bond shall be returned to the court of quarter sessions and there held to abide the final disposition of the case: Provided further, That no such vehicle when in the custody of the law or of any officer shall be seized or taken therefrom on any writ of replevin or other like process.
35 P.S. § 831.2