Short answer. Five calendar days. Non-litigious motions — like a motion for the issuance of an alias summons — are not set for hearing at all; Rule 15 requires the court to resolve them within five calendar days from the day it receives the motion.
What the law says
These motions shall not be set for hearing and shall be resolved by the court within five calendar days from receipt thereof.
Rule 15, Section 4 — Non-litigious motions. Read the full provision →
What makes a motion "non-litigious"
Rule 15, Section 4 defines the category by its effect on the other side: motions which the court may act upon without prejudicing the rights of adverse parties are non-litigious motions. Because ruling on them does not harm the opposing party's rights, the rule does not require the back-and-forth of an opposition and a hearing before the court can act.
Which motions fall in this category
The rule lists several examples by name: a motion for the issuance of an alias summons, a motion for extension to file an answer, a motion for postponement, a motion for a writ of execution or alias writ of execution, a motion for a writ of possession, and a motion for an order directing the sheriff to execute the final certificate of sale — plus other similar motions of the same low-conflict character.
No hearing, and a fixed five-day deadline
Section 4 states the procedure and the deadline together: these motions shall not be set for hearing and shall be resolved by the court within five calendar days from receipt thereof. Because there is no hearing to schedule, the five-day period simply runs from the date the court receives the motion, which is meant to keep these routine, uncontested matters moving quickly.
Faster than the rule for contested motions
This five-day deadline is noticeably shorter than what applies to litigious motions — the kind that do involve an opposition and a fifteen-day resolution period once that opposition is filed or its period expires. The gap reflects the same logic behind classifying a motion as non-litigious in the first place: with no adverse party's rights genuinely at stake, there is less reason for the court to take as long to decide, and litigants filing this kind of motion can generally expect a quicker turnaround from the court.
What happens if the court itself is slow to act
The rule fixes what the court must do, not necessarily an automatic consequence if it does not act in time — the text does not say the motion is deemed granted or denied once five days pass without a ruling. In practice, a party facing an unresolved non-litigious motion beyond that window may need to follow up with the court, since Section 4 sets the deadline the court is expected to meet rather than a self-executing outcome that takes effect on its own once the fifth day has passed.