PRINTER'S NO. 3691
No. 2563 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY PALLONE, DIVEN, HARHAI, GRUCELA, CAPPELLI,
CASORIO, CLARK, CORRIGAN, CRUZ, DALEY, DALLY, GEIST, KELLER,
LAUGHLIN, PISTELLA, READSHAW, SAINATO, SCRIMENTI, SHANER,
STABACK, TRELLO, TRICH, WALKO, J. WILLIAMS, WILT AND
WOJNAROSKI, APRIL 16, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, APRIL 16, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), entitled "An
2 act relating to the rights, obligations and liabilities of
3 landlord and tenant and of parties dealing with them and
4 amending, revising, changing and consolidating the law
5 relating thereto," providing for disposition of abandoned
6 property.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. The act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), known
10 as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, is amended by adding a
11 section to read:
12 Section 505.1. Disposition of Abandoned Property.--After a
13 tenant has relinquished possession of real property for any
14 reason and the landlord has regained possession, for a period of
15 ten days thereafter the landlord shall exercise ordinary care
16 with regard to any personal property that the tenant or other
17 person has left in or on the real property. After this ten-day
18 period has expired, the landlord shall have no further
1 responsibility to the tenant or other person with regard to the
2 personal property and may, in his discretion, dispose of the
3 property.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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